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Many folks have found themselves subject to a prohibition on the receipt, possession, purchase, and transport of firearms under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) due to a conviction for a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. So what, precisely, qualifies as a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence? Under 18 U.S.C. 921(33), except for certain exceptions, a misdemeanor crime...
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is frequently called The Assault Weapons Ban. This now defunct law was enacted to prevent the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms to civilians. For the purposes of this law, assault weapons were defined based upon features of the firearm, including folding stocks, bayonets, and the...
The Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act (The Brady Act) introduced mandatory background checks when a FFL sells a firearm to an individual. The Brady Act is codified under 18 U.S.C. § 922(t). These mandatory background checks are performed through the National Instant Criminal Background Check system, also known as NICS. The NICS system was designed...
In 1968 The Gun Control Act (GCA) subsumed the National Firearms Act of 1934. The GCA included the so-called “new NFA,” and was introduced to correct perceived shortfalls of the National Firearms Act of 1934. The GCA regulates the interstate transfer of firearms and largely prohibits the transfer of firearms interstate except among licensed manufacturers,...
The National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 was the first major federal law regulating firearms. The NFA has now been codified under 26 U.S.C. Chapter 53 as part of the Gun Control Act of 1968, and is commonly referred to as Title II of the Federal Firearms Laws, or simply Title II. It is a...
Any person who has been convicted of a felony is ineligible to possess a firearm in North Carolina under the Felony Firearms Act – G.S. 14-415.1. However, the legal right in this State of a person to purchase, own, possess, or have in the person’s custody, care, or control any firearm or any weapon of...