United States Firearms Law - Gun Laws in the United States, Concealed Carry in the United States, Open Carry in the United States, McDonald V. Chicago, Gun Laws in New York, Gun Laws in California, Missouri Proposition B (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: Gun laws in the United States, Concealed carry in the United States, Open carry in the United States, McDonald v. Chicago, Gun laws in New York, Gun laws in California, Missouri Proposition B, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, Unintended Consequences, Uniform Firearms Act, Montana Firearms Freedom Act, Constitutional carry, Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989, San Francisco Proposition H, Transport Assumption, Sullivan Act, .50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004, FOID, Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, Shannon's law, AB 1471, AB 2062, Uniform Machine Gun Act, Weapons laws in New Hampshire, Mulford Act. Excerpt: Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the United States. These laws vary from state to state, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than those laws. Some U.S. states have also created assault weapon bans that are independent of, though often similar to, the expired federal assault weapons ban. The state level bans vary significantly in their form, content, and level of restriction. Forty-four states have a provision in their state constitutions similar to the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The exceptions are California, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York; however, the statutory civil rights laws of New York contain a provision virtually identical to the Second Amendment. As well, the Supreme Court of the United States has held that the protections of the Second Amendment apply against state governments and their political subdivisions (see: McDonald v. Chicago). Firearm owners are subject to the firearm laws of the state they are in, not their state of residence. Reciprocity between states exists in certain...