National Firearms Act

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The National Firearms Act is a U.S. federal law that tightly regulates certain categories of weapons—such as machine guns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and silencers—through registration, taxation, and transfer controls.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
firearms regulation law ⓘ
administeredBy Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ⓘ
Department of the Treasury (historically) ⓘ
amendedBy Firearm Owners Protection Act ⓘ
Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ
Title II of the Gun Control Act ⓘ
appliesTo corporations ⓘ
individuals ⓘ
other legal entities ⓘ
trusts ⓘ
classificationTerm Title II firearms ⓘ
codifiedIn 26 U.S. Code Chapter 53 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creates National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record ⓘ
dateEnacted 1934-06-26 ⓘ
doesNotBan possession of covered firearms that comply with NFA requirements ⓘ
effectiveDate 1934-07-26 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcementMechanism criminal penalties for tax and registration violations ⓘ
imposes making tax on covered firearms ⓘ
registration requirements for covered firearms ⓘ
transfer tax on covered firearms ⓘ
influencedBy Prohibition-era gang violence ⓘ
use of automatic weapons by organized crime ⓘ
legalBasis taxing power of the United States Congress ⓘ
penalizes unlawful transfer of NFA firearms ⓘ
unregistered possession of NFA firearms ⓘ
penaltyType federal felony ⓘ
primaryPurpose reduce gang-related and organized crime violence ⓘ
regulate certain especially dangerous firearms ⓘ
regulates certain concealable firearms classified as "any other weapon" ⓘ
destructive devices ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
short-barreled rifles ⓘ
short-barreled shotguns ⓘ
silencers ⓘ
suppressors ⓘ
relatedTo Firearm Owners Protection Act ⓘ
Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ
Hughes Amendment ⓘ
requires background check for most NFA transfers under later regulations ⓘ
federal approval before making NFA firearms ⓘ
federal approval before transfer of NFA firearms ⓘ
registration of NFA firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record ⓘ
serial numbers on NFA firearms ⓘ
scope interstate and intrastate commerce in NFA firearms ⓘ
shortName NFA ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
taxAmountOriginal 200 USD ⓘ

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ATF → oversees → National Firearms Act regulations ⓘ
linked to: National Firearms Act
National Firearms Act → creates → National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record ⓘ
linked to: National Firearms Act
Hughes Amendment → relatedTo → National Firearms Act ⓘ
United States federal firearms laws → includesStatute → National Firearms Act of 1934 ⓘ
linked to: National Firearms Act