Federal background-check requirements for handgun purchases. Created NICS. Codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922.
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
Partially repealedCodified at18 U.S.C. § 922
Enacted November 30, 1993 · Pub. L. 103-159
The 5-day waiting period was struck down in Printz v. United States (1997); the NICS check provisions remain in force.