Editing National Rifle Association (section)

===Legislation===
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|+National Rifle Association Position on Federal US Legislation
! scope="col"| Bill/Law
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Supported
! scope="col"| Opposed
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! scope="row" | [[National Firearms Act]]
| 1934
| {{X mark|alt=Supported}}
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! scope="row" | [[Federal Firearms Act]]
| 1938
| {{X mark|alt=Supported}}
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! scope="row" | [[Gun Control Act]]
| 1968
| {{X mark|alt=Supported}}<!-- the double X is right -->
| {{X mark|alt=Opposed}}<!-- the double X is right -->
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! scope="row" | [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]]
| 1994
|
| {{X mark|alt=Opposed}}
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! scope="row" | [[Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act]]
| 2005
| {{X mark|alt=Supported}}
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! scope="row" | [[Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act]]
| 2006
| {{X mark|alt=Supported}}
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! scope="row" | [[Assault Weapons Ban of 2013|Assault Weapons Ban]]
| 2013
|
| {{X mark|alt=Opposed}}
|}

The NRA initially opposed the [[1934 National Firearms Act]], but gave their support after several changes including the removal of [[pistol]]s and [[revolver]]s and redefinition of machine gun,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.recoilweb.com/origins-of-the-nfa-128767.html | title=Origins of the NFA | date=July 18, 2017 }}</ref><ref name=Winkler111003>{{cite news |last=Winkler |first=Adam |date=October 3, 2011 |title=When the NRA Promoted Gun Control |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/adam-winkler/when-the-nra-promoted-gun_b_992043.html |website=[[HuffPost]] }}</ref> which regulated what were considered at the time "gangster weapons" such as [[machine gun]]s, [[short-barreled rifle]]s, [[short-barreled shotgun]]s, and sound [[suppressor]]s.<ref name=ATF-NFA>{{cite web |url=http://www.atf.gov/content/firearms/firearms-industry/national-firearms-act |title=National Firearms Act |year=2014|publisher=Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives |access-date=May 29, 2014 }}</ref> However, the organization's position on suppressors has since changed.<ref name=NRA-Suppressors2011>{{cite web |url=http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2011/suppressors-good-for-our-hearing.aspx |title=Suppressors-Good for Our Hearing |date=November 17, 2011|publisher=National Rifle Association of America Institute for Legislative Action |access-date=July 19, 2013 }}</ref>

The NRA supported the [[1938 Federal Firearms Act]] (FFA) which established the [[Federal Firearms License]] (FFL) program. The FFA required all manufacturers and dealers of firearms who ship or receive firearms or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce to have a license, and forbade them from transferring any firearm or most ammunition to any person interstate unless certain conditions were met.<ref name=SAF-Ascione1939>{{cite web |url=http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/Ascione1.html |title=The Federal Firearms Act|last=Ascione |first=Alfred M. |year=1939|publisher=[[Second Amendment Foundation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618110827/http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/Ascione1.html |archive-date=June 18, 2013 |access-date=July 19, 2013 }}</ref>

The NRA supported and opposed parts of the [[Gun Control Act of 1968]], which broadly regulated the firearms industry and firearms owners, primarily focusing on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except among licensed manufacturers, dealers and importers. The law was supported by America's oldest manufacturers (Colt, Smith & Wesson, etc.) in an effort to forestall even greater restrictions which were feared in response to recent domestic violence. The NRA supported elements of the law, such as those forbidding the sale of firearms to convicted criminals and the mentally ill.<ref name=Knox1966>{{cite book |last=Knox |first=Neal |chapter=The Dodd Bill Both Fact ... and Fantasy |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3LSE2QfOCSoC&pg=PA50|title=The Gun Rights War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3LSE2QfOCSoC |publisher=MacFarlane |pages=50–65 |isbn=978-1565921979 |date= 2019 }} Originally in ''[[Guns & Ammo]] Magazine'', June 1966.</ref><ref name=Rosenfeld130114>{{cite news |last=Rosenfeld |first=Steven |date=January 14, 2013 |title=The NRA once supported gun control |url=http://www.salon.com/2013/01/14/the_nra_once_supported_gun_control/ |website=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|publisher=Salon Media Group }}</ref>

The NRA influenced the writing of the [[Firearm Owners Protection Act]] and worked for its passage.<ref name="University2002">{{cite book|last1=Jacobs |first1=James B. |last2=Burger|first2=Warren E. |title=Can Gun Control Work?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dpzN711aYlQC&pg=PA49|year=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0195349214|pages=27–28, 49}}</ref>

In 2004, the NRA opposed renewal of the [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994]]. The ban expired on September 13, 2004.<ref name=CoxChat040917>{{cite web |url=http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/04/cox091704.htm |title=Live Online: The Assault Weapons Ban: NRA |last1=Cox |first1=Christopher W. |date=September 17, 2004|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050327025427/http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/04/cox091704.htm |archive-date=March 27, 2005 }} Transcript of chat with NRA's chief lobbyist.</ref>

In 2005, President George W. Bush signed into law the NRA-backed [[Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act]] which partially shields firearms manufacturers and dealers from being held liable for negligence when crimes have been committed with their products.<ref name=NRA4228>{{cite web |url=http://www.nra.org/Article.aspx?id=4228 |title=President Bush signs Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act |publisher=National Rifle Association of America |access-date=April 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420194651/http://www.nra.org/Article.aspx?id=4228 |archive-date=April 20, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=WP_2013-01-31 >{{ cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nra-backed-federal-limits-on-gun-lawsuits-frustrate-victims-their-attorneys/2013/01/31/a4f101da-69b3-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html | title=NRA-backed federal limits on gun lawsuits frustrate victims, their attorneys | last1=Hamburger | first1=Tom | last2=Wallsten | first2=Peter | last3=Horwitz | first3=Sari | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=2013-01-31 }}</ref>