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36 U.S.C. § 40732 — Sale of firearms and supplies
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**(a) Affiliated Organizations.—** The corporation may sell, at fair market value, surplus caliber .22 rimfire rifles, caliber .30 surplus rifles, caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 surplus pistols, and surplus pump action shotguns (except any shotgun that is a modular ancillary addition to a service rifle, or meets the definition of a “short-barreled shotgun” as that term is defined in [section 921(a)(6) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section921/a/6&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code), air rifles, caliber .22 and .30 ammunition, repair parts, and other supplies to organizations affiliated with the corporation that provide training in the use of firearms.
**(b) Gun Club Members.—**
(1) The corporation may sell, at fair market value, surplus caliber .22 rimfire rifles, caliber .30 surplus rifles, caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 surplus pistols, and surplus pump action shotguns (except any shotgun that is a modular ancillary addition to a service rifle, or meets the definition of a “short-barreled shotgun” as that term is defined in [section 921(a)(6) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section921/a/6&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code), ammunition, repair parts and other supplies necessary for target practice to a citizen of the United States who is legally of age and who is a member of a gun club affiliated with the corporation.
(2) Except as provided in [section 40733 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section40733&num=0&edition=prelim), sales under this subsection are subject to applicable United States, State, and local law. In addition to any other requirement, the corporation shall establish procedures to obtain a crimi
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**(a) Affiliated Organizations.—** The corporation may sell, at fair market value, surplus caliber .22 rimfire rifles, caliber .30 surplus rifles, caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 surplus pistols, and surplus pump action shotguns (except any shotgun that is a modular ancillary addition to a service rifle, or meets the definition of a “short-barreled shotgun” as that term is defined in [section 921(a)(6) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section921/a/6&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code), air rifles, caliber .22 and .30 ammunition, repair parts, and other supplies to organizations affiliated with the corporation that provide training in the use of firearms.
**(b) Gun Club Members.—**
(1) The corporation may sell, at fair market value, surplus caliber .22 rimfire rifles, caliber .30 surplus rifles, caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 surplus pistols, and surplus pump action shotguns (except any shotgun that is a modular ancillary addition to a service rifle, or meets the definition of a “short-barreled shotgun” as that term is defined in [section 921(a)(6) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section921/a/6&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code), ammunition, repair parts and other supplies necessary for target practice to a citizen of the United States who is legally of age and who is a member of a gun club affiliated with the corporation.
(2) Except as provided in [section 40733 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section40733&num=0&edition=prelim), sales under this subsection are subject to applicable United States, State, and local law. In addition to any other requirement, the corporation shall establish procedures to obtain a criminal records check of the individual with United States Government and State law enforcement agencies.
**(c) Limitation on Sales.—**
(1) No person acquiring a firearm under this chapter may sell a repair part designed to convert a firearm to fire in a fully automatic mode.
(2) The corporation may not sell any item to an individual who has been convicted of—
(A) a felony; or
(B) a violation of [section 922 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section922&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Sales by Other Persons.—** A person who receives a rifle or any ammunition, repair parts, or supplies under [section 40728B(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section40728B/c&num=0&edition=prelim) may sell, at fair market value, such rifle, ammunition, repair parts, or supplies. With respect to rifles other than caliber .22 rimfire and caliber .30 rifles, the seller shall obtain a license as a dealer in rifles and abide by all requirements imposed on persons licensed under chapter 44 of title 18, including maintaining acquisition and disposition records, and conducting background checks.
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**(a)** It shall be unlawful—
(1) for any person—
(A) except a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms, or in the course of such business to ship, transport, or receive any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce; or
(B) except a licensed importer or licensed manufacturer, to engage in the business of importing or manufacturing ammunition, or in the course of such business, to ship, transport, or receive any ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce;
(2) for any importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector licensed under the provisions of this chapter to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm to any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, except that—
(A) this paragraph and subsection (b)(3) shall not be held to preclude a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector from returning a firearm or replacement firearm of the same kind and type to a person from whom it was received; and this paragraph shall not be held to preclude an individual from mailing a firearm owned in compliance with Federal, State, and local law to a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector;
(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 this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1715&num=0&edition=prelim), is eligible to receive through the mails pistols, revolvers,
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**(a) In General.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), section 922(a)(1)–(3) and (5) of title 18 does not apply to the shipment, transportation, receipt, transfer, sale, issuance, loan, or delivery by the corporation, of an item that the corporation is authorized to issue, loan, sell, or receive under this chapter.
**(b) Exception.—** With respect to firearms other than caliber .22 rimfire and caliber .30 rifles, the corporation shall obtain a license as a dealer in firearms and abide by all requirements imposed on persons licensed under chapter 44 of title 18, including maintaining acquisition and disposition records, and conducting background checks.
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**(a) Required Transfers.—** In accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of the Army shall transfer to the corporation all firearms and ammunition that, on February 9, 1996, were under the control of the director of civilian marksmanship (as that position existed under [section 4307 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4307&num=0&edition=prelim) on February 9, 1996), including—
(1) all firearms on loan to affiliated clubs and State associations;
(2) all firearms in the possession of the Civilian Marksmanship Support Detachment; and
(3) all M–1 Garand and caliber .22 rimfire rifles stored at Defense Distribution Depot, Anniston, Anniston, Alabama.
**(b) Time for Transfers.—** The Secretary shall transfer firearms and ammunition under subsection (a) of this section as and when necessary to enable the corporation—
(1) to issue or loan firearms or ammunition under [section 40731 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section40731&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(2) to sell firearms or ammunition under [section 40732 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section40732&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Vesting of Title in Transferred Items.—** Title to an item transferred to the corporation under this section shall vest in the corporation—
(1) on the issuance of the item to an eligible recipient under [section 40731 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section40731&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(2) immediately before the corporation delivers the item to a purchaser in accordance with a contract for sale of the item that is authorized under [section 40732 of this title](https:
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TITLE 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
§ 40729
Army as eligible for transfer under section 40731(a) of
title 36, United States Code.
‘‘(B) An assessment of whether and how the Sec-
retary of the Army intends to use the authorities
under section 40728B of title 36, United States Code,
as added by this section.
‘‘(C) Any other issue that the Secretary of the
Army considers appropriate.
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS PENDING SUBMITTAL OF
REPORT.—No rifle, ammunition, repair part, or supplies
acquired under section 40728B(a) of title 36, United
States Code, may be transferred until the date that is
90 days after the date of the submittal of the report re-
quired under paragraph (1).’’
§ 40729. Reservation of firearms, ammunition,
and parts
(a) RESERVATION.—The Secretary of the Army
shall reserve for the corporation—
(1) firearms described in subsections (a) and
(h) of section 40728 of this title;
(2) ammunition for firearms described in
subsections (a) and (h) of section 40728 of this
title;
(3) M–16 rifles held by the Department of the
Army on February 10, 1996, and used to support
the small-arms firing school; and
(4) parts from, and other supplies for, surplus
caliber .30 and caliber .22 rimfire rifles and cal-
iber .45 M1911/M1911A1 surplus pistols.
(b) EXCEPTION.—This section does not super-
sede the authority provided in section 1208 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–189; 10 U.S.C.
372 note).
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1339; Pub.
L. 114–92, div. A, title X, § 1087(a)(2)(B), Nov. 25,
2015, 129 Stat. 1013.)
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