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29 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

The National Firearms Act and P.L. 119-21: Issues for Congress
2025-09-24 · Resources · IF13111 · HTML available · PDF available
The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act: The Supreme Court Recognizes Statutory Immunity for Firearm Companies in Case Brought by the Government of Mexico
2025-09-19 · Reports · R48715 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Review: Criminal Law Cases from the October 2024 Term
2025-09-15 · Reports · R48706 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Gun Policy: Framework and Major Issues
2025-09-12 · Resources · IF11038 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Declines Review of Decision Upholding Constitutionality of Maryland’s “Assault Weapons” Ban
2025-07-18 · Posts · LSB11219 · HTML available · PDF available
Forced-Reset Triggers: Recent Executive Action and Issues for Congress
2025-07-07 · Posts · IN12582 · HTML available · PDF available
The Second Amendment and the Federal Prohibition on Unlawful Drug Users from Possessing Firearms
2025-07-01 · Posts · LSB11104 · HTML available · PDF available
Firearms: Frequently Asked Questions
2025-03-06 · Reports · R48445 · HTML available · PDF available
Correcting VA’s Violations of Veterans’ Due Process and Second Amendment Rights
2025-01-23 · Testimony · TE10109 · HTML available · PDF available
Law Enforcement Use of Less-than-Lethal Weapons: Considerations for Congress
2025-01-23 · Reports · R48365 · HTML available · PDF available
Stun Guns, TASERs, and Other Conducted Energy Devices: Issues for Congress
2024-12-03 · Resources · IF12841 · HTML available · PDF available
How to Define Mass Shootings: Potential Policy Implications
2024-11-19 · Reports · R48276 · HTML available · PDF available
Armed Career Criminal Act (18 U.S.C. § 924(e)): An Overview
2024-11-01 · Reports · R41449 · HTML available · PDF available
Second Amendment Permits Temporarily Disarming Persons Subject to Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
2024-06-21 · Posts · LSB11181 · HTML available · PDF available
The Supreme Court Invalidates the ATF’s Bump-Stock Ban
2024-06-20 · Posts · LSB10920 · HTML available · PDF available
What Time Is It for the ACCA?: Supreme Court Clarifies When State Drug Offenses Qualify as “Serious Drug Offenses”
2024-06-20 · Posts · LSB11179 · HTML available · PDF available
The Biden Administration’s New Restrictions on Firearms Sales
2024-05-29 · Resources · IF12679 · HTML available · PDF available
Courts Disagree as to Whether the Federal Felon-in-Possession Firearm Prohibition Violates the Second Amendment
2024-05-28 · Posts · LSB11170 · HTML available · PDF available
Firearms Dealers Engaged in the Business
2024-04-15 · Resources · IF12197 · HTML available · PDF available
The Undetectable Firearms Act: Issues for Congress
2024-03-04 · Posts · IN12325 · HTML available · PDF available
Gun Control: Straw Purchase and Gun Trafficking Provisions in P.L. 117-159
2024-02-09 · Resources · IF12190 · HTML available · PDF available
Gun Control: Juvenile Record Checks for 18- to 21-Year-Olds
2024-02-05 · Resources · IF12154 · HTML available · PDF available
Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA): When Does a Prior Drug Offense Qualify?
2023-11-16 · Posts · LSB11077 · HTML available · PDF available
Gun Control, Veterans’ Benefits, and Mental Incompetency Determinations
2023-07-14 · Reports · R47626 · HTML available · PDF available
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (P.L. 117159): Section-by-Section Summary
2022-11-17 · Reports · R47310 · HTML available · PDF available
Privately Made and Unmarked Firearms: Overview of ATF “Ghost Gun” Rule
2022-04-25 · Posts · LSB10733 · HTML available · PDF available
Firearms-Related Appropriations Riders
2019-11-22 · Resources · IF11371 · HTML available · PDF available
Guns, Excise Taxes, Wildlife Restoration, and the National Firearms Act
2018-03-05 · Reports · R45123 · HTML available · PDF available
Submission of Mental Health Records to NICS and the HIPAA Privacy Rule
2014-02-20 · Reports · R43040 · HTML available · PDF available