FOPA
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FOPA is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1986 that revised and expanded regulations on the sale, ownership, and transportation of firearms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| FOPA canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2259491 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FOPA Context triple: [Firearm Owners Protection Act, shortName, FOPA]
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FAS
FAS is a common abbreviation for the Faculty of Arts and Science, an academic division that typically encompasses a wide range of humanities, social science, and natural science disciplines at a university.
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B.
FRO
FRO is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to the Faroe Islands.
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C.
F.O.D.
F.O.D. is a fast-paced punk rock track by Green Day, featured as one of the closing songs on their breakthrough 1994 album *Dookie*.
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D.
F.A.C.
F.A.C. is the standard legal abbreviation used to refer to the Florida Administrative Code, which contains the administrative rules and regulations of the state of Florida.
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E.
FAPSI
FAPSI was a Russian government agency responsible for signals intelligence, secure communications, and information security, functioning as a successor to parts of the Soviet KGB.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FOPA Target entity description: FOPA is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1986 that revised and expanded regulations on the sale, ownership, and transportation of firearms.
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A.
FAS
FAS is a common abbreviation for the Faculty of Arts and Science, an academic division that typically encompasses a wide range of humanities, social science, and natural science disciplines at a university.
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B.
FRO
FRO is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to the Faroe Islands.
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C.
F.O.D.
F.O.D. is a fast-paced punk rock track by Green Day, featured as one of the closing songs on their breakthrough 1994 album *Dookie*.
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D.
F.A.C.
F.A.C. is the standard legal abbreviation used to refer to the Florida Administrative Code, which contains the administrative rules and regulations of the state of Florida.
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E.
FAPSI
FAPSI was a Russian government agency responsible for signals intelligence, secure communications, and information security, functioning as a successor to parts of the Soviet KGB.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ statutory provision ⓘ |
| affects | Federal Firearms Licensees ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FOPA
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McClure-Volkmer Act ⓘ |
| amends | Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ |
| appliesTo | firearms ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq.
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Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
definition of engaged in the business of dealing in firearms
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prohibition on a national firearms registry ⓘ provisions on ammunition sales ⓘ provisions on interstate transportation of firearms ⓘ record-keeping requirements for licensed firearms dealers ⓘ restrictions on ATF inspections of firearms dealers ⓘ safe passage provision ⓘ |
| countryOfJurisdiction | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1986-05-19 ⓘ |
| effectiveDate |
1986-05-19
ⓘ
1986-11-15 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 99th United States Congress ⓘ |
| enactedInYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| grandfathers | lawfully registered machine guns made before 1986-05-19 ⓘ |
| hasAcronymFor | Firearm Owners Protection Act ⓘ |
| hasLegislativeHistoryEvent |
introduced in the United States Senate
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passed by the United States House of Representatives ⓘ passed by the United States Senate ⓘ |
| includesSection | Hughes Amendment ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | interstate commerce in firearms ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| limits | frequency of routine ATF inspections of FFL holders ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Harold L. Volkmer
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James A. McClure ⓘ |
| partOf | Firearm Owners Protection Act ⓘ |
| prohibits |
civilian possession of newly manufactured machine guns
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creation of a federal system of registration of firearms owners ⓘ |
| purpose |
to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners
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to revise and expand federal regulations on firearms ⓘ |
| regulates |
ownership of firearms
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sale of firearms ⓘ transfer of machine guns ⓘ transportation of firearms ⓘ |
| signedIntoLawBy | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | William J. Hughes ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Second Amendment legal scholarship
ⓘ
gun control policy debates in the United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: FOPA Description of subject: FOPA is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1986 that revised and expanded regulations on the sale, ownership, and transportation of firearms.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Firearm Owners Protection Act