Number: 95-108
Title: The Assault Weapons Ban: Review of Federal Laws Controlling Possession of Certain Firearms
Authors: Dorothy Schrader, American Law Division 
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.
Pages: 20
Date: Updated December 1, 1995