Lawful Purpose and Historical Firearms Act

The Lawful Purpose and Historical Firearms Act makes several changes to firearm import and transfer regulations. It modifies the Arms Export Control Act to limit when firearms can be denied importation and creates exemptions for museums importing firearms for display, preservation, or research without paying National Firearms Act taxes. The bill changes definitions from "sporting purposes" to "lawful purposes" to prevent certain firearms from being classified as destructive devices. It also removes restrictions on interstate transfers of firearms for lawful purposes rather than just "sporting" ones, and eliminates some prohibitions on firearm transfers and importations.