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The Assault Weapons Ban: Review of Federal Laws Controlling Possessions of Certain Firearms (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Dec. 1, 1995
Report Number 95-108
Report Type Report
Authors Dorothy Schrader, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report reviews the 1994 assault weapons ban, which is effective for ten years on 19 types of semiautomatic assault weapons. The Act builds upon a 60-year history of federal regulation of firearms. The report also summarizes the pre-1994 federal gun control laws, analyzes the major cases relating to constitutional and statutory challenges to these laws, and reviews judicial and legislative developments since enactment of the ban.