FFL Flashcards
ATF Mission in GC law
a) curb illegal trafficking
b) assist Fed, state, local LEO to reduce violent crime
1791
First 10 Amendments ratified
United States v. Miller
1939
1st guidelines interpreting 2nd amdmt. NFA rejected argument violated 2nd by requiring registration of firearms in transporting unregistered sawed-off shotguns in interstate commerce. Court ruled no violation since the COLLECTIVE Right of 2nd not violated
US v. Heller
First time Court ruled on an individuals rights
So restrictive, it violated 2nd amendment
DC law banned all handgun possession and required all firearms in home be unloaded, disassembled or bound by locking device.
Court struck down law as INDIVIDUAL rights of citizens violated.
National Firearms Control Act of 1927
Prohibited shipment of concealable firearms
Nat’l Firearms Act of 1934
Based on Congress’s authority to tax.
Targeted gangsters alcohol, MG and other weapons
McDonald v. City of Chicago
2010
right to keep and bear arms applicable for self-defense
5 categories of firearms initially required be registered and taxed
MG Sawed off shotgun/SBS Sawed off rifle/ SBR Silencers Other concealable firearms
Fed Firearms Act of 1938
Imposed record keeping on dealers
Required licensing of dealers in interstate commerce
Prohibited certain persons (felons, fugitives) from owning or receiving firearms
Title 18 GCA
Interstate Control Prohibited Persons Licensing Recordkeeping Importation
Lautenberg Amdmt 1996
Added 9th category prohibited person: Misdemeanor of DV
18 U.S.C. 921: 922: (g)(1) ---(g)(4) (g)(2) ---(g)(5) (g)(3) ---(g)(6) (g)(8) ---(g)(9) 923: 924: 925:
921: Definitions
922: Unlawful Acts/Crimes
- —–“Section (g) Prohibited Person”—-
(g) (1) Felons –(g)(4) Mental Defective
(g) (2) Fugitives –(g)(5) Aliens
(g) (3) Drug Users –(g)(6) Dishonorable Dx
(g) (8) Restraining order –(g)(9) Misdemeanor DV
923: Licensing
924: Penalties: Mens Rea
925: Exceptions/ Relief from Disabilities
Mens Rea
Found 18 U.S.C. Section 924
Intent Element (Knowingly or willfully)
GCA effectively controlled firearms traffic within a state by:
Channeling interstate/foreign commerce through licensing. It prohibited commercial mail-order traffic to unlicensed persons.
Interstate Commerce
Applies to Firearms and Ammo
Commerce between any place in a state and any place outside that state
Active Commerce
Passive Commerce
1) Person moved the firearm across state lines
2) Firearm crossed a state line sometime in history (i.e. anytime after it was made)
Licensee’s Lawful and Unlawful Acts
Lawful: FFL can ship, transport firearm in interstate commerce to another licensee
Unlawful: FFL cannot sell or deliver firearm directly to non-licensee not residing in licensee’s state of residence.
Exception: Long gun can be sold to non-resident if transaction is over-the-counter and state law compliant.
Carriers used to ship firearms and ammo
FedEx and UPS
USPS has criminal statute that prohibits mailing of handguns by individuals (Exceptions for FFLs OR if it’s shotgun/rifle and recipient is resident of the same state)