Firearm Owners Protection Act

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The Firearm Owners Protection Act is a 1986 U.S. federal law that revised and relaxed certain gun control provisions while adding new restrictions, including the ban on civilian ownership of newly manufactured machine guns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
firearms legislation ⓘ
aimsTo protect lawful firearm owners from perceived abuses in enforcement of gun laws ⓘ
allows continued manufacture of machine guns for military and law enforcement use ⓘ
alsoKnownAs McClure-Volkmer Act ⓘ
amends Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ
appliesTo federal firearms licensees ⓘ
individual firearm owners ⓘ
clarifies definition of engaged in the business of dealing in firearms ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsProvision ban on civilian possession of newly manufactured machine guns ⓘ
controversialAspect ban on new machine guns for civilian ownership ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
effectiveDate 1986-05-19 ⓘ
enactedBy 99th United States Congress ⓘ
exempts government agencies from post-1986 machine gun ban ⓘ
grandfathers civilian possession of machine guns lawfully possessed before 1986-05-19 ⓘ
introducedAsBill S.49 (99th Congress) ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
languageCommonlyCalled Hughes Amendment ⓘ
legislativeChamberOfOrigin United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeStatus enacted ⓘ
limits ATF compliance inspections to once per year absent specific cause ⓘ
frequency of ATF inspections of federal firearms licensees ⓘ
modifies rules on sale of ammunition ⓘ
rules on sale of firearms at gun shows ⓘ
namedFor Harold L. Volkmer ⓘ
James A. McClure ⓘ
politicalContext Reagan administration ⓘ
prohibits creation of a national firearms registry by the federal government ⓘ
possession of machine guns by civilians if manufactured after 1986-05-19 ⓘ
transfer of machine guns to civilians if manufactured after 1986-05-19 ⓘ
protects interstate transportation of firearms under certain conditions ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 99-308 ⓘ
regulates record-keeping requirements for federal firearms licensees ⓘ
regulatoryAgency Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ⓘ
section 18 U.S.C. § 922(o) ⓘ
shortName FOPA ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
signingDate 1986-05-19 ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 100 Stat. 449 ⓘ
subjectMatter federal firearms licensees ⓘ
firearms regulation ⓘ
interstate transportation of firearms ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
typeOfRestriction supply-side restriction on machine guns ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1986 ⓘ

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