National Firearms Act (NFA)
The National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) requires the registration, with the federal government, of fully-automatic firearms (termed “machineguns”), rifles and shotguns that have an overall length under 26 inches, rifles with a barrel under 16 inches, shotguns with a barrel under 18 inches, and firearm sound suppressors (termed “silencers”). The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) placed “destructive devices” (primarily explosives and the like, but also including firearms over .50 caliber, other than most shotguns) under the provisions of the NFA. In 1994, the Treasury Department placed revolving-cylinder shotguns and one semi-automatic shotgun under the NFA.
The GCA prohibited the importation of fully-automatic firearms for private purposes and a 1986 amendment to the Act prohibited the domestic manufacture of fully-automatics for private purposes. However, short-barreled rifles and shotguns have becoming increasingly popular for home defense and defensive-skills-based marksmanship training and competitions, and sound suppressors have become increasingly popular for marksmanship training and competitions, and for hunting.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
This Thursday, February 13, an important pro-hunting bill is scheduled to be heard in the state Senate Natural ...
Friday, February 7, 2014
The NRA and Iowa Firearms Coalition (IFC) have been working with your state legislators to protect and advance ...
Friday, February 7, 2014
After having received several hearings by the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, House Bill 234, sponsored by ...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
State Rep. Pat Brennan (R-Colchester) introduced a bill in the State Legislature to repeal the ban on silencers ...
Friday, December 13, 2013
In September, we reported on the Obama administration's ill-conceived regulatory proposal to further complicate the already burdensome process ...
Monday, October 28, 2013
Over time, one almost certain casualty of hunting will be a shooter's hearing."I wish I had half the ...
Friday, October 11, 2013
As we previously reported, the Obama administration, via the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, has proposed a new ...
Friday, September 6, 2013
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
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