Federal Handgun Registration and Licensing Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Defines the term "handgun" as a firearm designed to be fired by the use of a single hand, including the parts from which a firearm can be assembled. Excludes antique firearms from the term. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall not approve for sale or delivery by a licensed dealer, licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed collector any handgun model unless he has caused to be evaluated and tested representative samples of such handgun model and has found that in the case of a pistol, the handgun model: (1) has a positive manually operated safety device; (2) has a combined length and height in excess of 10 inches, with the height being at least 4 inches and the length being at least 6 inches; and (3) meets specified criteria in regard to overall length, frame construction, pistol weight, caliber, safety features, and miscellaneous equipment. Provides that in the case of a revolver, the handgun model must: (1) have an overall frame length of four and one-half inches measured on a line parallel to the barrel; (2) have a barrel length of at least three inches; and (3) meet specified criteria in regard to safety devices, barrel length, frame construction, revolv…