McClure-Volkmer Act

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The McClure-Volkmer Act is a 1986 U.S. federal law that revised and relaxed certain gun control provisions while adding new regulations on firearms sales and ownership.

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instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
firearms legislation ⓘ
affects federal firearms licensees ⓘ
individual gun owners ⓘ
interstate firearms commerce ⓘ
alsoIncludes new regulations on firearms sales and ownership ⓘ
amends Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ
appliesTo United States residents and entities subject to federal firearms law ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
clarifies legal protections for interstate transportation of unloaded, cased firearms ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ
contains provisions related to ammunition sales ⓘ
provisions related to machine guns ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1986-05-19 ⓘ
enforcementBy Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
expands definition of prohibited persons for firearms possession in certain respects ⓘ
hasAbbreviation FOPA ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasOfficialName Firearm Owners' Protection Act ⓘ
hasShortName FOPA ⓘ
introducedBy Harold L. Volkmer ⓘ
James A. McClure ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
limits frequency of routine inspections of licensed firearms dealers by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ⓘ
namedAfter Harold L. Volkmer ⓘ
James A. McClure ⓘ
politicalContext opposed by many gun control advocates ⓘ
supported by gun rights advocates ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Ronald Reagan ⓘ
primaryGoal to protect the rights of law-abiding firearms owners ⓘ
to revise and relax certain federal gun control provisions ⓘ
prohibits creation of a national firearms registry by the federal government ⓘ
regulates inspection procedures for firearms dealers ⓘ
interstate sale of firearms ⓘ
penalties for certain firearms violations ⓘ
record-keeping requirements for firearms dealers ⓘ
transportation of firearms across state lines ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
subjectMatter firearms regulation ⓘ
gun control ⓘ
gun rights ⓘ
typeOfChange amendment and revision of existing firearms law ⓘ
yearEnacted 1986 ⓘ

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Firearm Owners Protection Act → alsoKnownAs → McClure-Volkmer Act ⓘ
Firearm Owners Protection Act → alsoKnownAs → McClure-Volkmer Act ⓘ
subject linked to: FOPA