Editing Franchi SPAS-12 (section)

===Legality===
[[File:Franchi SPAS-12 Shotgun.JPG|thumb|SPAS-12 with a fixed stock, a scope, & a shot diverter]]
In the United States, between September 1994 and September 2004, the [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]] prohibited the transfer and possession of SPAS-12 shotguns manufactured after 13 September 1994. The ban [[sunset provision|sunset]] on 13 September 2004 and is no longer in force.<ref>{{cite web |title=H.R.3355 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3355/actions |website=Congress.gov |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=27 May 2022 |date=13 September 1994}}</ref> However, some U.S. States and territories currently maintain similar bans, including California,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=30001-31000&file=30500-30530 |title=Penal Code, Section 30500-30530 |work=California Legislative Information |access-date=2015-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192311/http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=30001-31000&file=30500-30530 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Connecticut,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0241.htm |title=Weapons Banned As Assault Weapons |first=Veronica |last=Rose |date=May 29, 2013 |work=Office of Legislative Research}}</ref> District of Columbia,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://smartgunlaws.org/category/state-assault-weapons/page/5/#identifier_0_5587 |title=Assault Weapons in the District of Columbia |website=Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415032337/http://smartgunlaws.org/category/state-assault-weapons/page/5/ |archive-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> Maryland,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oag.state.md.us/opinions/2010/95oag101.pdf |title=Regulated Firearms – Assault Weapons |date=May 24, 2010 |first=Terrence B. |last=Sheridan |work=Office of the Attorney General |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420163256/https://www.oag.state.md.us/Opinions/2010/95oag101.pdf |archive-date=2016-04-20}}</ref> Massachusetts,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://smartgunlaws.org/category/state-assault-weapons/page/3/ |title=Assault Weapons in Massachusetts |website=Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415032337/http://smartgunlaws.org/category/state-assault-weapons/page/3/ |archive-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> New Jersey,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/S2500/2497_I1.HTM |title=An Act concerning large capacity ammunition magazines and amending N.J.S.2C:39-1 |date=January 28, 2013 |work=New Jersey Senate |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728071310/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/S2500/2497_I1.HTM |archive-date=July 28, 2018}}</ref> and New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://programs.governor.ny.gov/nysafeact/gun-reform |title=NYSAFE Act Gun Reform |work=Governor of New York |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221182946/http://programs.governor.ny.gov/nysafeact/gun-reform |archive-date=February 21, 2016}}</ref>