NRA Enabled Bullets-by-Mail Used by Colorado Shooting Suspect
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The man accused of the Colorado movie-theater shooting amassed his ammunition stockpile with help from a 26-year-old law the National Rifle Association hailed at the time as its “greatest legislative milestone.”
The 1986 measure made two dozen changes to gun regulations, including lifting a ban on interstate sales of ammunition to consumers, allowing mail-order purchases and, eventually, Internet sales. The law, called the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act, also allowed dealers to sell weapons at gun shows and made it easier to cross state lines with firearms.