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This permit often applies to both firearms and other self-defense implements. In many states, no permit at all is needed to carry a non-concealed firearm or other weapon. Other types of licenses can be obtained for collection and exhibition purposes, such as under the National Firearms Act. [4]
The Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act limits where an unlicensed person may carry; carry of a weapon, openly or concealed, within 1,000 feet (300 m) of a school zone is prohibited, with exceptions granted in the federal law to holders of valid state-issued weapons permits (state laws may reassert the illegality of school zone carry by license ...
Some states and localities require that a person obtain a license or permit in order to purchase or possess firearms. Some states and localities require that individual firearms be registered with the police or with another law enforcement agency. All states allow some form of concealed carry, the carrying of a concealed firearm in public.
A license to possess or carry a machine gun may be issued only to a firearm instructor certified by the Criminal Justice Training Council for the sole purpose of firearm instruction to police personnel, or to a bona fide collector of firearms upon application or renewal of such license.
Anyone who does possess an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine would have until October 31, 2017 to either modify the weapon to "render it permanently inoperable or such that it is no ...
Local U.S. law enforcement agencies need to obtain permission from the ATF to get access to high-powered weapons such as battlefield weapons, including machine guns, used by U.S. and NATO forces ...
A firearms license (also known as a gun license; or licence in British English) is a license or permit issued by a government authority (typically by the police) of a jurisdiction, that allows the licensee to buy, own, possess, or carry a firearm, often subject to a number of conditions or restrictions, especially with regard to storage ...
It’s now up to the appeals court on whether the district judge’s injunction will kick in starting Dec. 9 or the ruling is stayed pending the outcome of the appeal.