Editing Gun Control Act of 1968 (section)

==Import restrictions==
[[File:ATF form 4590.png|thumb|284x284px|[[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|ATF]] Form 4590 ("Factoring Criteria for Weapons")]]
The GCA created what is known as the "sporting purposes" standard for imported firearms, saying that they must "be generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes". GCA sporting purposes include [[hunting]] and organized competitive target shooting but do not include "[[plinking]]" or "[[practical shooting]]" (which the ATF says is closer to police/combat-style competition and not comparable to more traditional types of sports), nor does it allow for collection for historical or design interest.<ref name=ATFtypscope>{{Cite web |url=http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/treas_pub/assault_rifles/typscope.pdf |title=''Defining the type of weapon under review'', The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives |access-date=2007-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920043945/http://atf.treas.gov/pub/treas_pub/assault_rifles/typscope.pdf |archive-date=2008-09-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=DOT1998>{{cite web |url=https://www.atf.gov/files/publications/download/treas/treas-study-on-sporting-suitability-of-modified-semiautomatic-assault-rifles.pdf |title=Department of the Treasury Study on the Sporting Suitability of Modified Semiautomatic Assault Rifles |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=April 1998 |website=atf.gov}}</ref>{{rp|16–18}}