1934 US law regulating firearms including machine guns
National Firearms Act
Long title
An Act to provide for the taxation of manufacturers, importers, and dealers in certain firearms and machine guns, to tax the sale or other disposal of such weapons, and to restrict importation and regulate interstate transportation thereof.
Acronyms (colloquial)
NFA
Nicknames
National Firearms Act of 1934
Enacted by
the 73rd United States Congress
Effective
July 26, 1934[1]
Citations
Public law
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 73–474
Statutes at Large
48 Stat. 1236
Codification
Titles amended
26 U.S.C.: Internal Revenue Code
U.S.C. sections created
I.R.C. ch. 53 § 5801 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 9741 by Robert L. Doughton (D–NC) on May 28, 1934
Committee consideration by House Ways and Means, Senate Finance
Passed the House on June 13, 1934 (Passed)
Passed the Senate on June 18, 1934 (Passed)
Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 26, 1934
United States Supreme Court cases
Sonzinsky v. United States, 300 U.S. 506 (1937)
United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939)
Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85 (1968)
United States v. Freed, 401 U.S. 601 (1971)
United States v. Thompson-Center Arms Co., 504 U.S. 505 (1992)
Staples v. United States, 511 U.S. 600 (1994)
Garland v. Cargill, No. 22-976, 602 U.S. ___ (2024)
Firearm legal topics of the
United States
Amendment II
Assault weapon
Assault weapons legislation
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Bump stocks
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
Campus carry in the U.S.
Concealed carry in the U.S.
Connecticut Children's Safety Act
Constitutional carry
Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban
Federal Assault Weapons Ban
Federal Firearms Act of 1938
Federal Firearms License
Firearm case law
Firearm Owners Protection Act
Gun Control Act of 1968
Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA)
Gun law in the U.S.
Gun laws in the U.S. by state
Gun politics in the U.S.
High-capacity magazine ban
History of concealed carry in the U.S.
International treaties for arms control
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
National Firearms Act (NFA)
NY SAFE Act
Open carry in the U.S.
Right to keep and bear arms in the U.S.
Second Amendment sanctuary
Sullivan Act (New York)
Suppressor
Tiahrt Amendment
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
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The National Firearms Act (NFA), 73rd Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 757, 48 Stat. 1236 was enacted on June 26, 1934, and currently codified and amended as I.R.C. ch. 53. The law is an Act of Congress in the United States that, in general, imposes an excise tax on the manufacture and transfer of certain firearms and mandates the registration of those firearms. The NFA is also referred to as Title II of the federal firearms laws, with the Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") as Title I.
All transfers of ownership of registered NFA firearms must be done through the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (the "NFA registry").[2] The NFA also requires that the permanent transport of NFA firearms across state lines by the owner must be reported to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Temporary transports of some items, most notably suppressors (also referred to as silencers), do not need to be reported.
^See http://legisworks.org/congress/73/publaw-474.pdf Archived 2016-07-05 at the Wayback Machine "This Act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the
date of its enactment."
^See 26 U.S.C. § 5841.
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