Posted on Feb 3, 2017
Repeal the NFA | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
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We the People wish to see the National Firearms Act of 1934 repealed in order to remove regulations on our 2nd amendment rights, increase national economic strength, and provide protection against threats to our national security.
Repeal the NFA | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
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Gun Control
Firearms and Guns
NRA
2nd Amendment
Posted 8 y ago
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I feel like if people fully understood what the NFA was and what it stood for there would be more signatures. That and a lot of potential signatories are afraid of having their name put on a list.
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National Firearms Act | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
While the NFA was enacted by Congress as an exercise of its authority to tax, the NFA had an underlying purpose unrelated to revenue collection. As the legislative history of the law discloses, its underlying purpose was to curtail, if not prohibit, transactions in NFA firearms. Congress found these firearms to pose a significant crime problem because of their frequent use in crime, particularly the gangland crimes of that era such as the St....
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