Firearms Act 1968
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The Firearms Act 1968 is the principal piece of UK legislation governing the control, licensing, and criminal use of firearms and ammunition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Firearms Act 1968 canonical | 4 |
| British firearms law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18041143 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Firearms Act 1968 Context triple: [Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, amends, Firearms Act 1968]
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Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988
The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 is a UK law that significantly tightened gun control, including banning most semi-automatic rifles, in response to the Hungerford massacre.
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Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997
The Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 is a UK law that imposed some of the strictest gun control measures in the country, including a near-total ban on private handgun ownership.
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Gun Control Act of 1968
The Gun Control Act of 1968 is a landmark U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and gun ownership, including licensing, sales restrictions, and prohibitions on possession by certain categories of individuals.
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Firearm Owners Protection Act
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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National Firearms Act
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Firearms Act 1968 Target entity description: The Firearms Act 1968 is the principal piece of UK legislation governing the control, licensing, and criminal use of firearms and ammunition.
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A.
Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988
The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 is a UK law that significantly tightened gun control, including banning most semi-automatic rifles, in response to the Hungerford massacre.
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B.
Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997
The Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 is a UK law that imposed some of the strictest gun control measures in the country, including a near-total ban on private handgun ownership.
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C.
Gun Control Act of 1968
The Gun Control Act of 1968 is a landmark U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and gun ownership, including licensing, sales restrictions, and prohibitions on possession by certain categories of individuals.
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D.
Firearm Owners Protection Act
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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E.
National Firearms Act
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Firearms Act 1968