Fires a bullet each time the trigger is pulled, with no need to manually move the next round into the firing chamber .

Who was the first president to pass formal gun control laws?

Magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

The Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 specifically forbids the government from creating what type of national registry?

Semi-automatic rifles that are used with detachable magazines — devices that hold ammunition and feed the bullets into the firing chamber automatically

What style weapon did the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ban?

Federal law requires anyone who buys a gun from a licensed dealer to submit to a background check. Convicted criminals and people who have been declared by a judge to be “mentally defective” are among those barred from buying a gun.

Who did the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Gun Control act of 1968 ban from purchasing firearms?

“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 mandated what of gun buyers?