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  2. Undetectable Firearms Act - Wikipedia

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    The United States Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. § 922(p)) makes it illegal to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive any firearm that is not as detectable by walk-through metal detection as a security exemplar containing 3.7 oz (105 g) of steel, or any firearm with major components that do not generate an accurate image before standard airport ...

  3. Small v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Small v. United States, 544 U.S. 385 (2005), [1] was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), [2] which makes it illegal to possess a firearm for individuals previously "convicted in any court" of crimes for which they could have been sentenced to more than one year in prison. The Court ruled, in a ...

  4. Title 18 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Title 18 of the United States Code is the main criminal code of the federal government of the United States. [1] The Title deals with federal crimes and criminal procedure.In its coverage, Title 18 is similar to most U.S. state criminal codes, typically referred to by names such as Penal Code, Criminal Code, or Crimes Code. [2]

  5. Robbery laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... Robbery laws in the United States. Federal. STATE U.S. Code Title 18- Not more than 15 years' imprisonment. ... 10 U.S. Code § 922 ...

  6. Firearm Owners Protection Act - Wikipedia

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    In 2001, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (consisting of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi) ruled that the Lautenberg Amendment, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8)(C)(ii) (which extended the original FOPA restrictions on firearm ownership to persons under a court order in connection with domestic violence) did not violate the Second ...

  7. Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... 18 U.S.C. § 922 itself was ... The First Circuit Court of Appeals sustained a GFSZA conviction in the 2007 case of United States v ...

  8. Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act - Wikipedia

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    Section 922(n) of title 18, United States Code makes it unlawful for any person who is under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year to ship or transport any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce, or receive any firearm which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. [2]

  9. Gun law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    has received a waiver from the United States Attorney General, as long as the waiver petition shows this would be in the interests of justice and would not jeopardize the public safety under 18 U.S. Code § 922(y)(3)(c) [37] non-resident of any US state unless the receipt of firearms are for lawful sporting purposes [38]