NFA - TITLE 26 U.S.C. 5845

Question 1

When was the National Firearms Act

Answer 1

1934

Question 2

Why was the NFA passed

Answer 2

• to control gangster type firearms.
• required a tax for making or transfer of firearms.
• required registration of firearms in the NFRTR National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.

Question 3

Who maintains the NFRTR?

Answer 3

ATF’s National Firearms Act Branch in Martinsburg, VA

Question 4

What did Title II of the GCA of 1968 do

Answer 4

amended the NFA of 1934

modified the definition of a machinegun to include the frame or receiver of a firearm.

Question 5

When did they pass the Firearms Owner Protection Act?

Answer 5

passed in 1986 with an effective date of May 19, 1986.

Question 6

What did the Firearms Owner Protection ACT do

Answer 6

modified the definition of a silencer to include a combo of parts designed and intended for use in putting together a silencer and any part.

prohibited the transfer or possession of machinegun by any person except for Govt entity. or that were lawfully possessed before 5/19/1986.

prohibited the manufacture of new machineguns for transfer to individuals.

Question 7

Machinegun (5 categories)

Answer 7

any weapon which shoots, or is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger

the frame or receiver of any such weapon.

any part designed and intended solely and exclusively for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun

any combination of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun

any combo of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled, if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.

Question 8

Machine guns operate in the following ways

Answer 8

open bolt - system where the bolt is held to the rear by a sear.

closed bolt - stem where the bolt is closed with a cartridge seated in the chamber immediately ahead of it.

Question 9

Shotgun Title U.S.C. Section 5845(d)

Answer 9

a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of projectiles (ball shot) or a single projectile for each pull of the trigger, and shall include any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire a fixed shotgun shell.

Question 10

shotgun categories (2)

Answer 10

barrel length of less than 18inches

weapon made from a shotgun having a barrel length less than 18 inches or overall length is less than 26 inches.

Question 11

Rifles

Answer 11

a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder, to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a RIFLED BORE for each single pull of the trigger.

Question 12

rifle categories (2)

Answer 12

rifle having a barrel length of less than 16 inches.

made from a rifle having a barrel length less than 16 inches.

Question 13

silencer

Answer 13

any device for silencing, muffling or diminishing the report of a portable firearm.

a firearm silencer or firearm muffler

any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication.

silencer should only be test-fired by the Firearms Technology Branch (FTB).

Question 14

destructive device 3 categories

Answer 14

any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas, bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellent charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, device similar to any of the devices described in
the proceeding clauses;

any type of weapon (other than a shotgun or a shotgun shell, which the Attorney General finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes) by whatever name known which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, and which has any barrel with a bore of more than one-half inch in diameter.

any combination of parts either designed or intended for use in converting any device into a destructive device described in subparagraph (1) or (2) and from which a destructive device may be assembled.

Question 15

any other weapons (3 categories)

Answer 15

weapon or device capable of being concealed on the person from which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive. does not include a pistol or revolver having a rifled bore.

pistol or revolver with a smooth bore designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell.

a firearm with a combination rifle/shotgun with barrels 12 inches or more but less than 18 inches.