[Phantom Warrior]

I've been around THR long enough to have picked up a fair amount. But I'd like to have people chime in to make sure I'm hitting everything. The deal w/ Kerry get a shotgun as a gift outside of his home state violating GCA of '68 showed me how little I know.

So, please toss out all major gun control laws and executive orders. Here's my list so far.

National Firearms Act of 1934: Tax and regulations on Class III
Something of 1986: No new transferable machine guns
Executive order of 1989: Import ban of some type

Thanks a lot guys.

[Monkeyleg]

The 1986 law was the Firearms Owners Protection Act which actually undid some of the damage done by the most sweeping gun control law ever passed, the Gun Control Act of 1968. Prior to 1968, you could buy a gun through the mail, there were no form 4473's to fill out, no restrictions on buying guns in another state...in short, there were no restrictions on guns other than those on full-autos and silencers that were part of the National Firearms Act of 1934.

The 1986 FOPA, with the exception of the prohibition on further manufacture of full-autos (a provision that anti-gunners inserted at the last minute) actually improved the situation a bit. The GCA of 1968 had a number of onerous provisions, such as requiring record-keeping of ammunition sales.

Besides the Brady Law and the soon-to-sunset Evil Black Rifle ban, there was also the 1997 Lautenberg amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968. The Lautenberg amendment made it illegal for anyone ever convicted (or even admitting to) an act of "domestic violence" to own a gun. The Lautenberg amendment was 100% retroactive, meaning that if you told a DA back in 1937 that, yes, you did slap your spouse, you're prohibited.

Then there's the sticky issue of the BATFE being able to determine--without any act of congress--whether a particular gun is suitable for "sporting purposes." This is nothing more than an ongoing gun ban without legislation.

[Zundfolge]

The deal w/ Kerry get a shotgun as a gift outside of his home state violating GCA of '68 showed me how little I know.

I hate to defend Kerry *shudder* but receiving the shotgun as a gift outside of his home state is NOT a violation of the '68 GCA.

You can purchase or otherwise receive a long gun outside your home state without going through an FFL in your home state (I guess this was put in place to allow hunters to hunt in neighboring states and purchase a shotgun or a rifle while there)

[popeye]

States must be contiguous. An FFL has to be involved in one or the other states. Laws applying in home state must be observed. Sorry if someone made this point and I missed it.