Hughes Amendment

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The Hughes Amendment is a 1986 U.S. federal provision that effectively banned civilian ownership of newly manufactured fully automatic firearms by freezing the machine gun registry.

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Hughes Amendment canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal firearms law provision ⓘ
firearms regulation ⓘ
aimedAt restricting proliferation of machine guns in civilian hands ⓘ
appliesTo fully automatic firearms ⓘ
machine guns as defined in the National Firearms Act ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
chamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
codifiedIn 18 U.S.C. § 922(o) ⓘ
controversy allegations of improper voice vote in the House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
datePassed 1986-04-10 ⓘ
distinguishesBetween pre-1986 transferable machine guns and post-1986 non-transferable machine guns ⓘ
effectiveDate 1986-05-19 ⓘ
enforcedBy Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ⓘ
exempts certain licensed manufacturers and dealers ⓘ
government agencies ⓘ
law enforcement agencies ⓘ
machine guns lawfully possessed before May 19, 1986 ⓘ
hasConsequence increased market value of pre-1986 transferable machine guns ⓘ
hasEffect froze federal machine gun registry for civilians ⓘ
limited civilian machine gun ownership to pre-1986 firearms ⓘ
hasLanguage makes it unlawful for any person to transfer or possess a machine gun ⓘ
historicalContext enacted during the Reagan administration ⓘ
includesException machine guns lawfully possessed before the effective date ⓘ
machine guns transferred under authority of the United States or a state ⓘ
introducedIn 99th United States Congress ⓘ
legalCitation 18 U.S.C. 922(o) ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
limits civilian ownership of newly manufactured machine guns ⓘ
namedAfter William J. Hughes ⓘ
opposedBy gun rights advocates ⓘ
partOf Firearm Owners Protection Act ⓘ
policyArea firearms regulation ⓘ
gun control ⓘ
prohibits possession of machine guns by civilians manufactured after May 19, 1986 ⓘ
transfer of machine guns to civilians manufactured after May 19, 1986 ⓘ
regulates machine guns ⓘ
relatedTo Firearm Owners Protection Act ⓘ
Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ
National Firearms Act ⓘ
sponsor William J. Hughes ⓘ
subjectOf United States gun control debate ⓘ
supportedBy gun control advocates ⓘ
typeOfRestriction ban on new civilian machine gun registrations ⓘ
yearEnacted 1986 ⓘ

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National Firearms Act → relatedTo → Hughes Amendment ⓘ
FOPA → includesSection → Hughes Amendment ⓘ
subject surface form: Firearm Owners Protection Act