Uniform Machine Gun Act

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The Uniform Machine Gun Act was drafted and published by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. [1] Maryland (1939), South Dakota (1939), Arkansas (1947), Montana (1947), Wisconsin (1947), Connecticut (1947), and Virginia (1950) adopted the act as law. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ 15 Mont. L. Rev. 15 (1954) Montana and the Uniform Laws; Toelle, J. Howard
  2. ↑ University of Pennsylvania Law Review Note, 98 (1950): 905. Restrictions on the Right to Bear Arms: State and Federal Firearms Legislation Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine .


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