To Regulate Commerce in Firearms: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-third Congress, Second Session, on S. 885, S. 2258 Bills to Regulate Commerce in Firearms, and S. 3680, a Bill to Provide for the Taxation of Manufacturers, Importers, and Dealers in Small Firearms and Machine Guns, to Tax the Sale Or Other Disposal of Such Weapons, and to Restrict Importation and Regulate Interstate Transportation Thereof. May 28 and 29, 1934 ... |
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Page 8 - ... pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person...
Page 77 - Act, having such possession or control by virtue of his employment or occupation and not on his own account; or to the possession of any of the aforesaid drugs...
Page 77 - Whenever on trial for a violation of this section the defendant is shown to have or to have had possession of such imported firearm, such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction unless the defendant explains such possession to the satisfaction of the jury.
Page 9 - The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall cause suitable forms to be prepared for the purposes above mentioned, and shall cause the same to be distributed to collectors of internal revenue...
Page 9 - person" as used in this Act shall be construed to mean and include a...
Page 10 - Whenever, on trial for a violation of this section, the defendant is shown to have, or to have had, possession of such opium or preparation or derivative thereof, such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction unless the defendant shall explain the possession to the satisfaction of the jury.
Page 9 - Sec. 5. (a) Within sixty days after the effective date of this Act every person possessing a firearm shall register, with the collector of the district in which he resides, the number or other mark identifying such firearm, together with his name, address, place where such firearm is usually kept, and place of business or employment, and, if such person is other than a natural person, the name and home address of an executive officer thereof...
Page 4 - UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC The subcommittee met at 10:30, am, pursuant to call, in the committee room, the Capitol, Hon.
Page 6 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as used in this Act— (a) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 10 - ... facilitates the transportation, concealment, or sale of any such narcotic drug after being imported or brought in, knowing the same to have been imported...