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.
Friday, September 29, 2017
On the day House Majority Whip Steve Scalise returned to the Capitol, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi evoked ...
Thursday, September 28, 2017
"With respect to the silencer provision, we have taken a position that we do not object to that ...
Friday, September 22, 2017
The panic is now starting to set in amongst the gun control lobby, which is desperately searching for ...
Friday, September 22, 2017
House GOP leaders are moving forward with plans to vote on two gun-related measures in the coming weeks, ...
Thursday, September 21, 2017
As soon as the Hearing Protection Act was put forward on Jan. 9, 2017, leftists came out of ...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Law-abiding gun owners are tired of reading articles from elitist writers who want nothing more than to eliminate ...
Friday, September 15, 2017
Dana Milbank is not a serious journalist. A former White House correspondent for the Washington Post, Milbank now ...
Friday, September 15, 2017
As we have reported, this year’s version of the SHARE Act is the most expansive and far-reaching yet. Besides ...
House Committee on Natural Resources
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 3668, the “Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of ...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
A recent piece in the Washington Post on the SHARE Act, legislation in Congress aimed at protecting the ...
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