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[82 STAT. 229]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[82 STAT. 229]

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PUBLIC LAW 90-351-JUNE 19, 1968

from returning a firearm or replacement firearm of the same kind and type to a person from whom it was received; " (B) this paragraph shall not be held to preclude a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer from depositing a firearm for conveyance in the mails to any officer, employee, agent, or watchman who, pursuant to the provisions of section 1715 of title 18 of the United States Code, is eligible to receive through the mails pistols, revolvers, ga^stat^ 95^^^' and other firearms capable of bein^ concealed on the person, for use in connection with his official duty; " (C) nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as applying in any manner in the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Eico, or any possession of the United States differently than it would apply if the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the possession were in fact a State of the United States. "(3) for any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to transport into or receive in the State where he resides (or if the person is a corporation or other business entity, in which he maintains a place of business) — " (A) any firearm, other than a shotgun or rifle, purchased or otherwise obtained by him outside that State; " (B) any firearm, purchased or otherwise obtained by him outside that State, which it would be unlawful for him to purchase or possess in the State or political subdivision thereof wherein he resides (or if the person is a corporation or other business entity, in which he maintains a place of business). "(4) for any person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to transport in interstate or foreign commerce any destructive device, machinegun (as defined 726. in section 5848 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954), short- ^^'^sp^'5848. 26 USC barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle, except as specifically authorized by the Secretary. "(5) for any person to transfer, sell, trade, give, transport, or deliver to any person (other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer) who resides in any State other than that in which the transferor resides (or in which his place of business is located if the transferor is a corporation or other business entity) — " (A) any firearm, other than a shotgun or rifle; " (B) any firearm which the transferee could not lawfully purchase or possess in accord with applicable laws, regulations or ordinances of the State or political subdivision thereof in which the transferee resides (or in which his place of business is located if the transferee is a corporation or other business entity). "This paragraph shall not apply to transactions between licensed importers, licensed manufacturers, and licensed dealers. "(6) for any person in connection with the acquisition or attempted acquisition of any firearm from a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, knowingly to make any false or fictitious oral or written statement or to furnish or exhibit any false or fictitious or misrepresented identification, intended or likely to deceive such importer, manufacturer, or dealer with respect to any fact material to the lawfulness of the sale or other disposition of such firearm under the provisions of this chapter.

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