NCJ Number
26512
Date Published
1974
Length
41 pages
Annotation
A ONE HUNDRED POINT ANALYSIS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968.
Abstract
THIS THREE-PART FEDERAL ACT CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS. TITLE ONE COVERS THE LICENSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE FIREARMS BUSINESS AND CONTROLS INTERSTATE COMMERCE IN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION AND THE IMPORTATION OF THOSE ITEMS. TITLE TWO REGULATES THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, AND TRANSFER OF THOSE TYPES OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION DEFINED IN THE NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT AND CONTAINS THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND TRANSFER AND MARKING PROCEDURES OF THE ACT. TITLE THREE PROHIBITS THE RECEIPT, POSSESSION OR TRANSPORTATION IN COMMERCE OR AFFECTING COMMERCE, OF FIREARMS BY FELONS, PERSONS DISCHARGED UNDER DISHONORABLE CONDITIONS, MENTAL INCOMPETENTS, ILLEGAL ALIENS, AND FORMER CITIZENS WHO RENOUNCED THEIR CITIZENSHIP.