Gun Control Legislation

Krouse, William J.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Criminal justice;    Firearms;    firearms control;    firearms injuries;    firearms owners;   

RP-ID  :  RL32842
RP-ID  :  RL32842_2011Nov07

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report concludes with discussion of other salient and recurring gun control issues that have generated past congressional interest. Those issues include (1) screening firearms background check applicants against terrorist watch lists, (2) reforming the regulation of federally licensed gun dealers, (3) requiring background checks for private firearms transfers at gun shows, (4) more strictly regulating certain firearms previously defined in statute as "semiautomatic assault weapons," and (5) banning or requiring the registration of certain long-range .50 caliber rifles, which are commonly referred to as "sniper" rifles. To set these and other emerging issues in context, this report provides basic firearms-related statistics, an overview of federal firearms law, and a summary of legislative action in the 111th Congress.