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The assault weapons ban : review of federal laws controlling possession of certain firearms / Dorothy Schrader.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Schrader, Dorothy.
- Series:
- Major studies and issue briefs of the Congressional Research Service. Supplement ; 1996, 95-108 A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Assault weapons--Law and legislation--United States.
- Assault weapons.
- Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.
- Firearms.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (20 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, [1995]
- Summary:
- This report reviews the 1994 assault weapons ban, which is effective for ten years on 19 types of semiautomatic assault weapons. The Act builds upon a 60-year history of federal regulation of firearms. The report also summarizes the pre-1994 federal gun control laws, analyzes the major cases relating to constitutional and statutory challenges to these laws, and reviews judicial and legislative developments since enactment of the ban.
- Notes:
- "Updated December 1, 1995."
- "95-108 A."
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