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, March 29, 2017
Donald Trump Jr., an avid hunter who credits his Czech grandfather with getting him interested in the outdoors, ...
Friday, March 24, 2017
Last week, we wrote about Americans for Responsible Solutions’ irresponsible misinformation about The Hearing Protection Act on Twitter. ...
Monday, March 20, 2017
Congress is preparing to debate the so-called Hearing Protection Act, which would streamline the purchase of suppressors for firearms. ...
Friday, March 17, 2017
On March 13, the gun control group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, posted a tweet claiming: “FACT: Silencers do ...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
South Carolina GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan defended his proposal to ease restrictions on gun silencers after a New ...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand went out of her way Tuesday to prove she knows next to ...
Monday, February 27, 2017
An Illinois lawmaker is looking to legalize the possession of noise suppressors in Illinois in order to reduce ...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Emboldened by the election of Donald Trump as president, the gun industry is renewing a push in Congress ...
Friday, February 10, 2017
We hear it all the time from the anti-gun folks: firearms are a “public health” crisis. The proponents ...
Friday, February 10, 2017
On Monday, the Washington Post reported on a “white paper” written by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...