National Firearms Act

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United States federal statute firearms regulation law

The National Firearms Act is a U.S. federal law that tightly regulates certain categories of weapons—such as machine guns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and silencers—through registration, taxation, and transfer controls.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
National Firearms Act canonical	2
National Firearms Act regulations	1
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ firearms regulation law ⓘ
administeredBy	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ⓘ United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ surface form: Department of the Treasury (historically)
amendedBy	Firearm Owners Protection Act ⓘ Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ surface form: Title II of the Gun Control Act
appliesTo	corporations ⓘ individuals ⓘ other legal entities ⓘ trusts ⓘ
classificationTerm	Title II firearms ⓘ
codifiedIn	26 U.S. Code Chapter 53 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creates	National Firearms Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record
dateEnacted	1934-06-26 ⓘ
doesNotBan	possession of covered firearms that comply with NFA requirements ⓘ
effectiveDate	1934-07-26 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	criminal penalties for tax and registration violations ⓘ
imposes	making tax on covered firearms ⓘ registration requirements for covered firearms ⓘ transfer tax on covered firearms ⓘ
influencedBy	Prohibition-era gang violence ⓘ use of automatic weapons by organized crime ⓘ
legalBasis	taxing power of the United States Congress ⓘ
penalizes	unlawful transfer of NFA firearms ⓘ unregistered possession of NFA firearms ⓘ
penaltyType	federal felony ⓘ
primaryPurpose	reduce gang-related and organized crime violence ⓘ regulate certain especially dangerous firearms ⓘ
regulates	certain concealable firearms classified as "any other weapon" ⓘ destructive devices ⓘ machine guns ⓘ short-barreled rifles ⓘ short-barreled shotguns ⓘ silencers ⓘ suppressors ⓘ
relatedTo	Firearm Owners Protection Act ⓘ Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ Hughes Amendment ⓘ
requires	background check for most NFA transfers under later regulations ⓘ federal approval before making NFA firearms ⓘ federal approval before transfer of NFA firearms ⓘ registration of NFA firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record ⓘ serial numbers on NFA firearms ⓘ
scope	interstate and intrastate commerce in NFA firearms ⓘ
shortName	NFA ⓘ
signedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
taxAmountOriginal	200 USD ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives → enforces → National Firearms Act ⓘ

ATF → oversees → National Firearms Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Firearms Act regulations

National Firearms Act → creates → National Firearms Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record

Hughes Amendment → relatedTo → National Firearms Act ⓘ