26 U.S.C. § 5849
Section 5849 · Citation of chapter
This is § 201 of the Gun Control Act of 1968
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case United States v. Thompson/Center Arms Co. (1992)
Most recently applied in State v. Carter (April 2011)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
This chapter may be cited as the “National Firearms Act” and any reference in any other provision of law to the “National Firearms Act” shall be held to refer to the provisions of this chapter.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Prior Provisions
A prior section 5849, Pub. L. 85–859, title II, §203(g)(1), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1427, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 90–618.
Short Title
Section 202 of Pub. L. 90–618 provided that: “The amendments made by section 201 of this title [enacting this chapter] shall be cited as the ‘National Firearms Act Amendments of 1968’.”