Firearm Owners Protection Act

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:Federal_Firearms_Licensees
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Volkmer–McClure_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy	gptkb:Gun_Control_Act_of_1968 definition of gun dealer
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Firearms_law_in_the_United_States 1986 in American law
gptkbp:dateEnacted	May 19, 1986
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Firearm Owners Protection Act
gptkbp:limitation	ATF inspections of gun dealers
gptkbp:locationEnacted	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:prohibits	federal government from creating a national gun registry civilian ownership of new machine guns recordkeeping requirements for ammunition sales use of evidence from warrantless ATF inspections
gptkbp:provides	safe passage provision for firearm transportation
gptkbp:publicLawNumber	99-308
gptkbp:purpose	to revise federal firearms laws
gptkbp:section	gptkb:18_U.S.C._§_921_et_seq.
gptkbp:shortName	gptkb:FOPA
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Harold_L._Volkmer gptkb:William_J._Hughes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Gun_Control_Act_of_1968 gptkb:National_Firearms_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5