Sentences with phrase «firearms for civilian use»
This spring, Citigroup said it would require business customers to restrict certain firearms sales, while Bank of America said it would stop lending to manufacturers that make military - inspired firearms for civilian use.
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Though older versions are technically legal to own, buy, and sell in many states, brand new «machine guns» — defined by law as a fully automatic weapon capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull — have not been available for sale or purchase for civilian use in the United States since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act of 1986.
Automatic firearms are forbidden for civilian use.
The parallels between the Second Amendment and these state declarations, and the Second Amendment's omission of any statement of purpose related to the right to use firearms for hunting or personal self - defense, is especially striking in light of the fact that the Declarations of Rights of Pennsylvania and Vermont did expressly protect such civilian uses at the time.