Federal Assault Weapons Ban AWB

given final passage by the US Congress on August 25, 1994, signed into law by US President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994 expired on September 13, 2004 About the Federal Assault Weapons Ban The Federal Assault Weapons Ban, formally the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, was Subtitle A of Title XI … Read more

Gun-Free School Zones Act

gun Free School Zones act

Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) November 29, 1990 introduced by Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin signed into law by President George H. W. Bush. act of the U.S. Congress prohibiting any unauthorized individual from knowingly possessing a loaded or unsecured firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone applies to public, private, … Read more

Semi Automatic Rifle Import Ban (1989)

1989 Import ban

  Wed March 15, 1989 – spring suspension July 7, 1989 – Signed into law Bush Administration banned imports of semiautomatic assault rifles indefinitely announced by William J. Bennett, the director of national drug policy requests from importers to bring in the rifles had nearly tripled those for all of 1988 Law enforcement officers have complained … Read more

Mailing of Firearms Act of 1927

1927 Mailing of Firearms Act “National Firearms Control Act” 18 U.S.C.A. § 1715 prohibiting the use of the U.S.Postal Service to ship concealable firearms banned the shipping of concealable handguns through the mail About the Mailing of Firearms Act The Mailing of Firearms Act of 1927, sometimes called the Miller Act after Representative John F. … Read more