federal assault weapons ban (expired in 2004)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:affects semi-automatic pistols
semi-automatic rifles
semi-automatic shotguns
large capacity magazines
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criteria features-based definition of assault weapons
gptkbp:dateEnacted September 13, 1994
gptkbp:dateExpired September 13, 2004
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:duration 10 years
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:excludes firearms lawfully possessed before the ban
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label federal assault weapons ban (expired in 2004)
gptkbp:legacy influenced state-level assault weapons bans
gptkbp:notRenewedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:numberOfFirearmsBanned 19 specific models
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Public_Safety_and_Recreational_Firearms_Use_Protection_Act
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:National_Rifle_Association
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act_of_1994
gptkbp:penalty federal felony
gptkbp:prohibits manufacture of certain semi-automatic firearms defined as assault weapons
transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices
gptkbp:repealedBy no
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Dianne_Feinstein
gptkbp:subjectOf gun control debate in the United States
studies on gun violence
gptkbp:sunsetProvision 10 years
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Brady_Campaign_to_Prevent_Gun_Violence
gptkbp:validOn 2004
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Biden_Crime_Bill
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7