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51 relations: An Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety, Assault rifle, Assault weapon, Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, CNN controversies, Concealed carry in the United States, Discharge petition, Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, ETrace, Federal Firearms Act of 1938, Federal Firearms License, Firearm, Firearm modification, Grandfather clause, Gun Control Act of 1968, Gun law in the United States, Gun laws in Arizona, Gun laws in California, Gun laws in Massachusetts, Gun laws in New York, Gun laws in the United States by state, Gun politics in the United States, Gun show loophole, Gun shows in the United States, Gun violence in the United States, Harold Volkmer, Heckler & Koch HK41, Heckler & Koch HK43, M4 carbine, Machine gun, Mandalay Bay, May 19, National Firearms Act, National Rifle Association, Neal Knox, Shooting of Charles Vacca, Sixth Party System, Smith & Wesson M76, Special Occupational Taxpayers, Ted Deutch, Timeline of the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Timeline of United States history, Timeline of United States history (1970–89), Unintended Consequences (novel), United States v. Rybar, Universal background check, Waco siege, William J. Hughes, 1986, ..., 99th United States Congress. Expand index (1 more) »
An Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety
An Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety, also known as Public Law 13-3 or Connecticut Senate Bill No.
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Assault rifle
An assault rifle is a selective-fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine.
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Assault weapon
Assault weapon is a term used in the United States to define some types of firearms.
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Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, often referred to as the Brady Act or the Brady Bill, is an Act of the United States Congress that mandated federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States, and imposed a five-day waiting period on purchases, until the NICS system was implemented in 1998.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice.
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CNN controversies
Cable News Network (CNN), an American basic cable and satellite television channel, has been the subject of several controversies.
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Concealed carry in the United States
Concealed carry or carrying a concealed weapon (CCW), is the practice of carrying a weapon (such as a handgun) in public in a concealed manner, either on one's person or in close proximity.
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Discharge petition
In United States parliamentary procedure, a discharge petition is a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee by "discharging" the committee from further consideration of a bill or resolution.
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Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban
The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, often called "the Lautenberg Amendment" ("Gun Ban for Individuals Convicted of a Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence"), is an amendment to the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997, enacted by the 104th United States Congress in 1996, which bans access to firearms by people convicted of crimes of domestic violence.
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ETrace
eTrace is an Internet-based firearm trace request submission system, developed by the United States' federal government, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, that provides for the electronic exchange of traced firearm data in a secure internet-based environment.
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Federal Firearms Act of 1938
The Federal Firearms Act of 1938 (FFA) imposed a federal license requirement on gun manufacturers, importers, and persons in the business of selling firearms.
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Federal Firearms License
A Federal Firearms License (FFL) is a license in the United States that enables an individual or a company to engage in a business pertaining to the manufacture or importation of firearms and ammunition, or the interstate and intrastate sale of firearms.
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Firearm
A firearm is a portable gun (a barreled ranged weapon) that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of propellant within an ammunition cartridge.
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Firearm modification
Firearm modification is commonly done in order to enhance various aspects of the performance of a firearm.
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Grandfather clause
A grandfather clause (or grandfather policy) is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases.
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Gun Control Act of 1968
The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68) is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms owners.
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Gun law in the United States
Gun laws of the United States are found in a number of federal statutes.
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Gun laws in Arizona
Firearm laws in Arizona regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Arizona in the United States.
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Gun laws in California
Gun laws in California regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of California in the United States.
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Gun laws in Massachusetts
Gun laws in Massachusetts regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
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Gun laws in New York
Gun laws in New York regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the U.S. state of New York, outside of New York City which has separate licensing regulations.
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Gun laws in the United States by state
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.
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Gun politics in the United States
Gun politics is an area of American politics defined by two opposing groups advocating for tighter gun control on the one hand and gun rights on the other.
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Gun show loophole
Private sale exemption, or gun show loophole, in the United States is the sale of firearms by private sellers, including those done at gun shows, that are exempt from federal background check requirements.
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Gun shows in the United States
In the United States, a gun show is an event where promoters generally rent large public venues and then rent tables for display areas for dealers of guns and related items, and charge admission for buyers.
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Gun violence in the United States
Gun violence in the United States results in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries annually.
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Harold Volkmer
Harold Lee Volkmer (April 4, 1931 – April 16, 2011) was an American politician from Missouri.
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Heckler & Koch HK41
The Heckler & Koch HK41 is a semi-automatic version of the Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle; it was produced by Heckler & Koch for the civilian market in the 1960s.
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Heckler & Koch HK43
The Heckler and Koch HK43 is a semi-automatic rifle based upon the Heckler & Koch HK33 rifle and is the predecessor of the Heckler & Koch HK93 semi-automatic rifle.
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M4 carbine
The M4 carbine is a shorter and lighter variant of the M16A2 assault rifle.
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Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm designed to fire bullets in rapid succession from an ammunition belt or magazine, typically at a rate of 300 rounds per minute or higher.
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Mandalay Bay
Mandalay Bay is a 43-story luxury resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
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May 19
No description.
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National Firearms Act
The National Firearms Act (NFA), 73rd Congress, Sess.
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National Rifle Association
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for gun rights.
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Neal Knox
Clifford Neal Knox (June 20, 1935 – January 17, 2005) was a board member and officer of the National Rifle Association, gun magazine writer and editor, gun rights activist, and prolific author of technical firearms articles and articles related to his interpretation of the Second Amendment and views on firearms laws.
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Shooting of Charles Vacca
On August 25, 2014, 39-year-old Charles Vacca was accidentally shot and killed while instructing a nine-year-old girl in how to shoot an Uzi.
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Sixth Party System
Experts have debated whether national politics in the United States of America is in the era of a Sixth Party System, or whether the Fifth Party System continues in some form to the present.
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Smith & Wesson M76
The Smith & Wesson M76 submachine gun was produced by Smith & Wesson from 1967 to 1974.
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Special Occupational Taxpayers
Special Occupational Taxpayers are a group of Federal Firearm Licensees in the United States who manufacture, import and/or transfer NFA weapons.
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Ted Deutch
Theodore Eliot Deutch (born May 7, 1966) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 22nd congressional district.
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Timeline of the presidency of Ronald Reagan
The presidency of Ronald Reagan began on January 20, 1981 when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1989.
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Timeline of United States history
This is a timeline of United States history, comprising important legal and territorial changes as well as political, social, and economic events in the United States and its predecessor states.
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Timeline of United States history (1970–89)
This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1970 to 1989.
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Unintended Consequences (novel)
Unintended Consequences is a novel by John Ross, first published in 1996 by Accurate Press.
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United States v. Rybar
United States v. Rybar, 103 F.3d 273 (3d Cir. 1996), is a case which was argued before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on September 13, 1995, and decided on December 30, 1996.
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Universal background check
Proposals for universal background checks would require almost all firearms transactions in the United States to be recorded and go through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), closing what is sometimes called the private sale loophole.
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Waco siege
The Waco siege was the siege of a compound belonging to the Branch Davidians, carried out by American federal and Texas state law enforcement, as well as the U.S. military, between February 28 and April 19, 1993.
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William J. Hughes
William John "Bill" Hughes (born October 17, 1932) served as a Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1995, representing New Jersey’s Second Congressional District which includes major portions of the Jersey Shore and Pine Barrens, the cities of Vineland and Atlantic City, and the counties of Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, Cape May and part of Gloucester.
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1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
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99th United States Congress
The Ninety-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act
