National Firearms Act of 1934

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act
gptkb:Gun_Control_Act_of_1968
gptkbp:category firearms law
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:26_U.S.C._Chapter_53
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted June 26, 1934
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Firearms Act of 1934
gptkbp:longTitle An Act To provide for the taxation of manufacturers, importers, and dealers in certain firearms and machine guns, to tax the sale or other disposal of such weapons, and to restrict importation and regulate interstate transportation thereof.
gptkbp:penalty fines and imprisonment
gptkbp:purpose regulate and tax certain types of firearms
gptkbp:regulates machine guns
destructive devices
firearms classified as 'any other weapon'
short-barreled rifles
short-barreled shotguns
silencers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act
gptkb:Gun_Control_Act_of_1968
gptkb:Title_II_weapons
gptkbp:requires registration of certain firearms
tax on manufacture, transfer, and making of certain firearms
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:NFA
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:startDate July 26, 1934
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Federal_Firearms_Act_of_1938
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6