Number: RL32077
Title: The Assault Weapons Ban: Legal Challenges and Legislative Issues
Authors: T.J. Halstead, American Law Division 
Abstract: This report provides an overview of te provisions of the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994, which establishes a scheme prohibiting, subject to certain exceptions, the manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons, and the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices. In addition to providing an overview of the ban and its relation to federal firearm laws, this report also discusses the disposition of legal challenges to the ban, as well as legislative proposals to extend and modify the ban beyond September 13, 2004, when the ban is currently slated to expire.
Pages: 12
Date: Updated September 10, 2003