America’s federal firearms laws are weak and filled with loopholes, but they establish the minimum requirements for gun possession and sales nationwide. Learn about existing federal laws, and how those laws can be improved.

Prohibited Purchasers Generally
Minimum Age to Purchase & Possess
Domestic Violence & Firearms

Background Checks
Mental Health Reporting
Multiple Purchases & Sales of Firearms
Retention of Sales & Background Check Records
Waiting Periods

Dealer Regulations
Private Sales
Gun Shows

Licensing of Gun Owners & Purchasers
Registration of Firearms
Reporting Lost or Stolen Firearms

Concealed Weapons Permitting
Guns in Vehicles
Guns in Schools
Other Location Restrictions

Design Safety Standards for Handguns
Locking Devices
Personalized & Owner-Authorized Firearms
Child Access Prevention

Assault Weapons
Large Capacity Ammunition Magazines
Fifty Caliber Rifles
Machine Guns & Automatic Firearms
Non-Powder Guns
Ammunition Regulation

Microstamping & Ballistic Identification

Immunity Statutes
Tiahrt Amendments