Firearms Prohibitions and Domestic Violence Convictions : The Lautenberg Amendment.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Crime prevention.

Family violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2001.

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Summary:

Discusses amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968, that prohibit persons who have been convicted at any time of domestic violence misdemeanors from possessing firearms. Outlines elements of prohibition on firearm possession and statutory defenses available to such a charge, and discusses disposition of legal challenges to Constitutional validity of amendment.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Firearms Prohibitions and Domestic Violence Convictions

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