Archive for December 5th, 2010
Some very interesting data on the passage of the 1986 FOPA
by DaveY on Dec.05, 2010, under Uncategorized
This law did basically 2 things. Â 1) Federally permitted transportation of firearms provided they were legal at the source & destination, and that they were locked / unloaded. Â 2) banned possession of machine guns manufactured after May, 1986.
See: Â http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1013300&page=5
The excerpted 4/10/1986 Congressional Record
Vote spreadsheet compiled by the researcher.
Quite an impressive bit of research.