Gun control repealed?

Regarding something like Congress passing "XXX mass panic gun control bill" into law, then "whoever comes after this Congress" repealing said law ? No.

Gridley said:

Exactly that, yes. And I'm pretty sure there aren't any examples at the Federal level, but there are a lot of people here more knowledgeable about the law than I am.

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Me too, good sir; me too.

IIRC at one point in time when you bought ammo, it was required that a record be kept of it. The problem is that while this was repealed, I cannot recall if this was federal, or state, and if it was state, which state.

Laws do change. In recent decades more and more states are becoming more accepting of ccw. Carrying concealed used to be fairly rare but today we see much more of it, thanks to the NRA and other pro 2A gun organizations.

The sunset built into the Clinton ban would be the only example I can think of; and that was done by the same Congress that enacted it.

Wasnt the ammo tracking stopped by FOPA?

New Zealand had gun registration, and repealed it, since it was utterly ineffective at solving crimes.

I'm not aware of a law being repealed, but often a new law supersedes an older law.

At the state level many states are changing laws to make carrying firearms easier than ever before. That happened here in GA about 10 years ago. Prior to that we had an impossible to understand or enforce set of laws regarding who, where, or when firearms could be carried. It is much simpler now.

Shortly before leaving office Bush Jr. signed a law making it legal to carry in National Parks as long as you have a permit recognized by the state where the park is located. Prior to that carry in NP's was illegal. It is still illegal to carry inside buildings in a NP, only outdoors. Just be aware of that.

And over time how existing laws are interpreted changes. For example arm braces on AR pistols or the Mossberg Shock wave would have been illegal based on past interpretations of the law. But are not today. Who knows about next week.

Tommygunn said:

IIRC at one point in time when you bought ammo, it was required that a record be kept of it. The problem is that while this was repealed, I cannot recall if this was federal, or state, and if it was state, which state.

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FOPA '86 fixed a lot of gun laws from the GCA '68.......recordkeeping of ammunition sales among them.

As stated at the Federal level no, but at state level yes and quite a bit. Just look at how many states used to require a handgun permit and banned concealed carry that no longer do including my state of Missouri.

A negative example was the current Virginia legislature repealing their own prohibition on pre-emption.

By and large, the US government does not like to repeal itself. Especially when it comes to firearms. Prohibition was passed and repealed by Congress in the 18th and 21st Amendments. Not related to firearms but that is the strongest example I can think of.

I remember traveling to OH and signs said no guns in the rest stop buildings.

But then they were gone. I assume that was repealed.

I am not sure how the law read but at one point it was illegal to carry in national parks. Now it is legal per state law. A law must have been overturned.

The three day waiting period went away but that may have been part of the "assault" weapon bill.

0bama trying to take credit?

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entropy said:

The sunset built into the Clinton ban would be the only example I can think of; and that was done by the same Congress that enacted it.

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Actually, that was five Congress' later (Congresses change ever two years, and are enumerated accordingly).
The sunset was more of the expiry date than a flat repeal. A person could be charged, within Statute of Limitations, for violations of the AWB while it was in effect.

milemaker13 said:

Wasnt the ammo tracking stopped by FOPA?

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Yes.
Now, that was an edit, rather than a repeal.
The FFL improvements did strike down some onerous aspects of GCA 68.
When we went from Brady mandatory pause to the Instant Check (yes, Virginia, we had a horrible in-between), it was drafted as an Amendment, rather than a deletion.

But, repeals are rare on the ground in legislation. More typically language is changed, edited, or amended. That's as much for preserving the legislative history as anything else.

Clark Country, Nevada had handgun registration repealed by the NV state legislature.

Not trying to get too political, but here's a thing about stuff getting repealed. The GOP doesn't care about your rights anymore than the DNC. They know they'll loose votes killing your rights, but they also know they won't loose votes for not fighting to get them back.


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mjsdwash said:

Not trying to get too political, but here's a thing about stuff getting repealed. The GOP doesn't care about your rights anymore than the DNC. They know they'll loose votes killing your rights, but they also know they won't loose votes for not fighting to get them back.

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I have a better way of saying it, The GOP doesn't care about your rights and the DNC hates them.