§ 927. — Effect on State law.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC927]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 44--FIREARMS
Sec. 927. Effect on State law
No provision of this chapter shall be construed as indicating an
intent on the part of the Congress to occupy the field in which such
provision operates to the exclusion of the law of any State on the same
subject matter, unless there is a direct and positive conflict between
such provision and the law of the State so that the two cannot be
reconciled or consistently stand together.
(Added Pub. L. 90-351, title IV, Sec. 902, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 234;
amended Pub. L. 90-618, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat.
1226.)
Amendments
1968--Pub. L. 90-618 struck out ``or possession'' after ``State''
wherever appearing.
Effective Date of 1968 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-618 effective Dec. 16, 1968, see section 105
of Pub. L. 90-618, set out as a note under section 921 of this title.
