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The Foreign Felon Gun Prohibition Act of 2007 (H.R.1168) ^[1] is a piece of U.S. gun control legislation introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) on February 16, 2007 to the House Judiciary Committee. On March 19, 2007, the bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Contents 1 Bill summary 2 Articles and resources 2.1 Related SourceWatch/Congresspedia Resources 2.2 Sources 2.3 External resources 2.4 External articles

Bill summary

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The measure would would amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the federal criminal code to extend prohibitions against the sale, disposition, shipment, possession, transfer, or receipt of a firearm or ammunition by convicted felons to felons convicted in a foreign court.

Main article: U.S. gun control legislation

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch/Congresspedia Resources

• gun control
• U.S. gun control legislation

Sources

1. ↑ "OpenCongress bill information," OpenCongress

External resources

• OpenCongress page on the bill

External articles