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Congressional Research Service

Report 95-108
The Assault Weapons Ban: Review of Federal Laws
Controlling Possession of Certain Firearms
Dorothy Schrader, American Law Division

Updated December 1, 1995

Abstract. This report reviews the 1994 assault weapons ban, which is effective for ten years on 19 types of
semiautomatic assault weapons. The Act builds upon a 60-year history of federal regulation of firearms. The
report also summarizes the pre-1994 federal gun control laws, analyzes the major cases relating to constitutional
and statutory challenges to these laws, and reviews judicial and legislative developments since enactment of the
ban.
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