The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban,

• September 30, 1996
• 1996 Enacted by the 104th United States Congress
• bans access to firearms by people convicted of crimes of domestic violence
• called “the Lautenberg Amendment”
• sponsored by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D – NJ).
• “Gun Ban for Individuals Convicted of a Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence”
• Pub.L. 104–208, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9))
• Amendment to the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997