Assault Weapons Ban : Legal Challenges and Legislative Issues.
Discusses numerous legal challenges to and legislative issues associated with Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act (known as assault weapons ban) of 1994, which prohibits manufacture, transfer and possession of many semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition fe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2003.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Discusses numerous legal challenges to and legislative issues associated with Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act (known as assault weapons ban) of 1994, which prohibits manufacture, transfer and possession of many semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices. Considers disposition of legal challenges to and proposals to extend and modify ban beyond September 2004. Also describes relationship of the assault weapons ban to the Gun Control Act of 1968. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |