Neighborhood Security Act

The Neighborhood Security Act (H.R. 5100) was a legislative proposal introduced in 2004 that sought to reinstate the federal ban on semi-automatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines. If enacted, the bill would have renewed the restrictions originally established by the 1994 Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, which had expired just two days prior to the bill's introduction. The practical impact for citizens would have been a ten-year prohibition on the manufacture, transfer, and possession of specific firearms and feeding devices capable of holding more than ten rounds of ammunition.