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greyseal
01-27-2013, 05:43 PM
Obama’s gun control law
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United States Department of Justice website
30-Jan-12 State of Residence Requirements for Firearms Transfers
Date Posted - 02/13/12

Section 922(b)(3) of title 18, which forbids federal firearms licensees from selling or delivering “any firearm to any person who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe does not reside in . . . the State in which the licensee’s place of business is located,” cannot be interpreted to define “reside in . . . the State” differently for citizens and aliens.


Nonimmigrant Aliens and Firearms Disabilities Under the Gun Control Act
Date Posted - 12/08/11
The prohibition in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(B) applies only to nonimmigrant aliens who must have visas to be admitted to the United States, not to all aliens with nonimmigrant status. The text of the statute forecloses the interpretation advanced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in an interim final rule applying section 922(g)(5)(B) to all nonimmigrant aliens.
CHECKING NAMES OF PROHIBITED PERSONS AGAINST RECORDS IN THE NICS AUDIT LOG CONCERNING ALLOWED TRANSFERS

Nonimmigrant aliens
The Federal Bureau of Investigation may check whether names of individuals known to be prohibited from purchasing a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5) appear in records concerning allowed transfers in the audit log of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in the course of auditing the performance of the NICS, and may share the results of such searches with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.