Assault Weapons Ban Legal Challenges and Legislative Issues

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Firearms.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 2003

Summary:

Discusses numerous legal challenges to and legislative issues associated with Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act (known as assault weapons ban) of 1994, which prohibits manufacture, transfer and possession of many semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices. Considers disposition of legal challenges to and proposals to extend and modify ban beyond September 2004. Also describes relationship of the assault weapons ban to the Gun Control Act of 1968

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Assault Weapons Ban

Publisher Number:

CRS-2003-AML-0056

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