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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 1565 (Introduced in House) — To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are li... · Sec. 209

Sec. 209. Rule of construction

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Nothing in this title, or an amendment made by this title, shall be construed— to extend background check requirements to transfers other than those made at gun shows or on the curtilage thereof, or pursuant to an advertisement, posting, display, or other listing on the Internet or in a publication by the transferor of the intent of the transferor to transfer, or the transferee of the intent of the transferee to acquire, the firearm; or to extend background check requirements to temporary transfers for purposes including lawful hunting or sporting or to temporary possession of a firearm for purposes of examination or evaluation by a prospective transferee.
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