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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hughes Amendment canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal firearms law provision
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firearms regulation ⓘ |
| aimedAt | restricting proliferation of machine guns in civilian hands ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
fully automatic firearms
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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
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surface form:
United States
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| 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
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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
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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
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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
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gun control ⓘ |
| prohibits |
possession of machine guns by civilians manufactured after May 19, 1986
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transfer of machine guns to civilians manufactured after May 19, 1986 ⓘ |
| regulates | machine guns ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Firearm Owners Protection Act
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Firearm Owners Protection Act