<Ul> <Li> National Firearms Act ( `` NFA '' ) ( 1934 ) : Taxes the manufacture and transfer of , and mandates the registration of Title II weapons such as machine guns , short - barreled rifles and shotguns , heavy weapons , explosive ordnance , silencers , and disguised or improvised firearms . </Li> <Li> Federal Firearms Act of 1938 ( `` FFA '' ) : Requires that gun manufacturers , importers , and persons in the business of selling firearms have a Federal Firearms License ( FFL ) . Prohibits the transfer of firearms to certain classes of persons , such as convicted felons . </Li> <Li> Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 1968 ) : Prohibited interstate trade in handguns , increased the minimum age to 21 for buying handguns . </Li> <Li> Gun Control Act of 1968 ( `` GCA '' ) : Focuses primarily on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by generally prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except among licensed manufacturers , dealers and importers . </Li> <Li> Firearm Owners Protection Act ( `` FOPA '' ) ( 1986 ) : Revised and partially repealed the Gun Control Act of 1968 . Prohibited the sale to civilians of automatic firearms manufactured after the date of the law 's passage . Required ATF approval of transfers of automatic firearms . </Li> <Li> Undetectable Firearms Act ( 1988 ) : Effectively criminalizes , with a few exceptions , the manufacture , importation , sale , shipment , delivery , possession , transfer , or receipt of firearms with less than 3.7 oz of metal content . </Li> <Li> Gun - Free School Zones Act ( 1990 ) : Prohibits unauthorized individuals from knowingly possessing a firearm at a place that the individual knows , or has reasonable cause to believe , is a school zone . </Li> <Li> Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ( 1993 ) : Requires background checks on most firearm purchasers , depending on seller and venue . </Li> <Li> Federal Assault Weapons Ban ( 1994 -- 2004 ) : Banned semiautomatics that looked like assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices . The law expired in 2004 . </Li> <Li> Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act ( 2005 ) : Prevent firearms manufacturers and licensed dealers from being held liable for negligence when crimes have been committed with their products . </Li> </Ul>
<Ul> <Li> National Firearms Act ( `` NFA '' ) ( 1934 ) : Taxes the manufacture and transfer of , and mandates the registration of Title II weapons such as machine guns , short - barreled rifles and shotguns , heavy weapons , explosive ordnance , silencers , and disguised or improvised firearms . </Li> <Li> Federal Firearms Act of 1938 ( `` FFA '' ) : Requires that gun manufacturers , importers , and persons in the business of selling firearms have a Federal Firearms License ( FFL ) . Prohibits the transfer of firearms to certain classes of persons , such as convicted felons . </Li> <Li> Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 1968 ) : Prohibited interstate trade in handguns , increased the minimum age to 21 for buying handguns . </Li> <Li> Gun Control Act of 1968 ( `` GCA '' ) : Focuses primarily on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by generally prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except among licensed manufacturers , dealers and importers . </Li> <Li> Firearm Owners Protection Act ( `` FOPA '' ) ( 1986 ) : Revised and partially repealed the Gun Control Act of 1968 . Prohibited the sale to civilians of automatic firearms manufactured after the date of the law 's passage . Required ATF approval of transfers of automatic firearms . </Li> <Li> Undetectable Firearms Act ( 1988 ) : Effectively criminalizes , with a few exceptions , the manufacture , importation , sale , shipment , delivery , possession , transfer , or receipt of firearms with less than 3.7 oz of metal content . </Li> <Li> Gun - Free School Zones Act ( 1990 ) : Prohibits unauthorized individuals from knowingly possessing a firearm at a place that the individual knows , or has reasonable cause to believe , is a school zone . </Li> <Li> Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ( 1993 ) : Requires background checks on most firearm purchasers , depending on seller and venue . </Li> <Li> Federal Assault Weapons Ban ( 1994 -- 2004 ) : Banned semiautomatics that looked like assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices . The law expired in 2004 . </Li> <Li> Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act ( 2005 ) : Prevent firearms manufacturers and licensed dealers from being held liable for negligence when crimes have been committed with their products . </Li> </Ul>
when was the last federal gun law passed
when was the last federal gun law passed
2005
2005