Here's Comes The New Firearm Legislation 2015 Version

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USAF_Vet said:
Are there a lot of 12 year olds running around the bayou with Uzi submachine guns? Since the bill specifically states Uzi are other models of submachine gun exempt? And since it also states submachine gun, are semi auto Uzis exempt? Seems like a very minute set of specifications for one law. Not that I would prefer a broader set of specifications, but this just seems silly.
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It's more like a total clueless legislator that shouldn't even be allowed to write bills
 
New today:

Missouri HB1341 is titled the 2nd amendment preservation act rejecting all federal taxes, registrations etc etc concerning firearms, actually a great read

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Missouri-Gun-Law-HB1341/State-Law/29919

Pennsylvania:

SB629 would make all items used for locking up firearms sales tax exempt

HR171 urges congress to take immediate action to stop ATF from banning certain ammo

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Pennsylvania-Gun-Laws

Texas:

HR1215 would petition congress to instruct TSA to accept a concealed carry licenses as valid forms of identification

HB4061 would strengthen preemption laws including allowing for penalties to be paid to anyone that sues a local government over an illegal law (gee, we think PA started something)

HB3866 is a GREAT bill, it would limit a local government that leases a public facility to a gun show promoter by limiting fees, and limiting terms the government can impose on the show

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Texas-Gun-Laws

US HB1358 has no text but the title and the sponsors tell it all. The title states 'To enact into law a framework for deciding whether certain projectiles are "primarily intended for sporting purposes" for purposes of determining whether the projectiles are armor piercing ammunition.' And that howling anti-gun hag Carolyn Maloney is one of the sponsors

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Federal-Gun-Legislation-HB1358/Federal-Law/1253
 
"HR1215 would petition congress to instruct TSA to accept a concealed carry licenses as valid forms of identification"

Interesting. By accident I gave my CHL instead of my DL to a TSA agent at BWI in the Peoples Republic of Maryland no less. He gave me a funny look and then waved me through.
 
We made some changes to the way we pull laws so there's a bunch of new ones here that have actually been around for a while. Hopefully this new system we are using will be more efficient.

New today:

Alaska resolution HB147 urges congress and the president not to ban certain ammo

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Alaska-Gun-Law-HJR17/State-Law/29722

Arkansas HB1503 would prohibit the prohibition of carry firearms by concealed carriers in public housing or the state capital ground

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Arkansas-Gun-Law-HB1503/State-Law/29956

Connecticut:

HB06306 would limit the time frame to 120 days for a firearm permit appeal

HB05295 would make certain firearm safes tax exempt

HB06497 would set up regulations for registering 'assault weapons' for people that move into the state

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Connecticut-Gun-Laws

Illinois HB3725 would make active duty military residing in the state eligible for a carry permit

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Illinois-Gun-Law-HB3725/State-Law/29992

Massachusetts H2188 would require make anyone wishing to get or renew a carry license present a complete list and an insurance policy for any harm that may come from any of the guns

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Massachusetts-Gun-Law-H2188/State-Law/29959

New Jersey S2725 would require the attorney general to establish a statewide gun buyback program

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-New-Jersey-Gun-Law-S2725/State-Law/30014

New York:

A06192 is ANOTHER ammunition microstamping bill

A06186 would make retired law enforcement exempt from the high capacity mag ban

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-New-York-Gun-Laws

New Mexico:

HB44 would require background checks on all firearms at gun shows

SR1 would prohibit firearms in the senate

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-New-Mexico-Gun-Laws

Pennsylvania:

HB80 would create automatic reciprocity with any other state that recognizes a PA permit

HB715 would create standards for revocation and denial of a license to carry, including requiring a hearing where the issuing authority must present evidence

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Pennsylvania-Gun-Laws

US Congress:

HB1365 has not text yet but the title states 'To prevent the reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing ammunition.'

HB226 would change title 18 or those who are prohibited, adding in all sorts of new ways to be prohibited

HB578 would remove firearm prohibitions 'at a water resources development project' controlled by the army

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Federal-Gun-Legislation
 
New today:

Maine LD1100 would create 'gun violence restraining orders'

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Maine-Gun-Law-LD1100/State-Law/30211

North Carolina S394 would strengthen preemption laws included creating fines, possible termination of officials and exempting public funds from being used for defense by a municipality

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-North-Carolina-Gun-Law-S394/State-Law/30210

Washington HB2202 would prevent the governor or any other government agency from restricting citizens from firearms during an emergency

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Washington-Gun-Law-HB2202/State-Law/30213
 
New today:

Maine LD1100 would create 'gun violence restraining orders'

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Maine-Gun-Law-LD1100/State-Law/30211

North Carolina S394 would strengthen preemption laws included creating fines, possible termination of officials and exempting public funds from being used for defense by a municipality

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-North-Carolina-Gun-Law-S394/State-Law/30210

Washington HB2202 would prevent the governor or any other government agency from restricting citizens from firearms during an emergency

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Washington-Gun-Law-HB2202/State-Law/30213

Updated with full text today:

US HB1454 has finally had its text released and it's a doozie!

It would rewrite US 921(a)(17) to change the definition of armor piercing ammo and includes making the attorney general responsible for the definition of this ammo

The bill has 17 sponsors at this point

HUGE thumbs down on this one folks, we need to get after our reps and make sure this one dies in committee

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Federal-Gun-Legislation-HB1454/Federal-Law/1259

Also updated with text today is US HB1449 and man oh MAN is this one a nightmare too!

Basically it removes all the current restrictions on ATF in regards to keeping records and from releasing firearms trace information to the public.

This bill would effectively repeal 'The Tiahrt Amendments' which besides what is mentioned above would allow civil lawsuits against gun dealers and manufacturers

Another HORRIBLE bill that must be stopped, luckily it only has one sponsor at this time

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Federal-Gun-Legislation-HB1449/Federal-Law/1258
 
USAF_Vet said:
Michigan HB4339 would eliminate the state handgun owner database

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Michigan-Gun-Law-HB4339/State-Law/29880
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Gotta get this one passed this year and avoid a Veto on Snyders desk.
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After reading the proposed bill, I don't think I can support its passage. It doesn't get rid of the handgun registration requirements, it just strikes the language in the law that requires you to mail in a copy of your registration to the State Police.

What is the point of requiring handgun registration, yet not keep a record of whether you've complied with the law? Will you then be required to keep the registration card on your person at all times so you can show it on demand, as the law requires now for the first 30 days after a new purchase?

Either get rid of handgun registration altogether, or keep the law as is.
 
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Call me weird, but curiosity got the best of me. I thought some THRers might get a kick out of this. I doubt that my count is 100% accurate, but these are the most prolific state legislatures.
IL = 80
NY = 49
VA = 39
Federal = 29
I didn’t try to differentiate between the good and the bad.
 
New Today:

North Carolina H562 is choke full of good stuff from allowing employees to store there firearm in their car, to carrying on campus to sport shooting range protection and more

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-North-Carolina-Gun-Law-H562/State-Law/30307

Georgia HB688 would stop any state law enforcement agency from helping enforce federal gun laws

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Georgia-Gun-Law-HB688/State-Law/30308

Louisiana HB446 would require mandatory firearm familiarity and safety education in public schools

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Louisiana-Gun-Law-HB446/State-Law/30310
 
F-111 John said:
After reading the proposed bill, I don't think I can support its passage. It doesn't get rid of the handgun registration requirements, it just strikes the language in the law that requires you to mail in a copy of your registration to the State Police.

What is the point of requiring handgun registration, yet not keep a record of whether you've complied with the law? Will you then be required to keep the registration card on your person at all times so you can show it on demand, as the law requires now for the first 30 days after a new purchase?

Either get rid of handgun registration altogether, or keep the law as is.
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I'm reading the amended section now for the dozenth time. It appears, and I still may be wrong in this, that the registration requirements go away.

The RI-60, and/ or pistol purchase permit which was used for registration in the past are at this point used only as the record of sale (which serves no purpose). If there is no database, and no requirement to inform Big Brother, I see this as a win.

It doesn't come right out and say registration is kaput, but the language that requires the entry of personal/ pistol info into a database has been struck. As well as the requirement to supply the state with said information. If there is no registration requirement, and no entry into a database, State handgun registration is essentially gone. What is currently in the system will be there forever and always, til the end of days, amen. But, new purchases will not be entered.

I'm still for this.

This is the part of the bill that was struck.
The purchaser shall return 1 copy of the

license to the licensing authority within 10 days after the date

the pistol is purchased or acquired. The return of the copy to the

licensing authority may be made in person or may be made by first-

class mail or certified mail sent within the 10-day period to the

proper address of the licensing authority. A purchaser who fails to

comply with the requirements of this subsection is responsible for

a state civil infraction and may be fined not more than $250.00. If

a purchaser is found responsible for a state civil infraction under

this subsection, the court shall notify the department of state

police of that determination.
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The removal of this removes the requirement to supply the state with purchase info.

(6) Within 10 days after receiving the license copy returned

under subsection (5), the licensing authority shall electronically

enter the information into the pistol entry database as required by

the department of state police if it has the ability to

electronically enter that information. If the licensing authority

does not have that ability, the licensing authority shall provide

that information to the department of state police in a manner

otherwise required by the department of state police. Any licensing


authority that provided pistol descriptions to the department of

state police under former section 9 of this act shall continue to

provide pistol descriptions to the department of state police under

this subsection. Within 48 hours after entering or otherwise

providing the information on the license copy returned under

subsection (5) to the department of state police, the licensing

authority shall forward the copy of the license to the department

of state police. The purchaser has the right to obtain a copy of

the information placed in the pistol entry database under this

subsection to verify the accuracy of that information. The

licensing authority may charge a fee not to exceed $1.00 for the

cost of providing the copy.
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Removes the requirement for state licensing agency to enter the info into a database, and forward the information to MSP. Eliminates the ability for the purchaser to check the accuracy of their newly registered firearm. This could mean the database is removed entirely.


The licensee may carry, use, possess,

and transport the pistol for 30 days beginning on the date of

purchase or acquisition only while he or she is in possession of

his or her copy of the license. However, the person is not required

to have the license in his or her possession while carrying, using,

possessing, or transporting the pistol after this period.
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Removed for redundancy. The provision for keeping the registry card for 30 days was to allow for time to enter the information and distribute it appropriately. Without the need to enter the info into a database, or distribute it anywhere, the need to retain the registry card is redundant. The police cannot check to see if the pistol is in the registry, because there no longer is a registry. Provided you are in lawful possession of the pistol, and it has not been otherwise reported as lost or stolen, there is no issue.
 
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New Today:

Alabama HB432 is titled the 'Trayvon Martin Act' and states 'Self Defense, person who actively pursues an aggressor after the initial confrontation is not justified in using physical force in self defense or in defense of another', so in other words if you followed someone you thought was involved in criminal activity and they attacked you you could not use physical force to defend yourself.

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Alabama-Gun-Law-HB432/State-Law/30339

Ohio HB147 is an interesting bill (and a long one). It would change law about carrying to remove the term handgun from carry law and replace it with the term firearm (and specifying any non-restricted firearm) along with constitutional carry language.

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Ohio-Gun-Law-HB147/State-Law/30330

Oregon HB3528 relates to sale or transfer of a firearm and literally states 'In a prosecution under subsection (1) of this section, the state need not prove that the person knew or should have known that the recipient was prohibited by law from possessing a firearm.'

How that's even constitutional is beyond me

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Oregon-Gun-Law-HB3528/State-Law/30331


US SB874 is Marco Rubio's version of the house bill to restore 2A rights to Washington DC

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Federal-Gun-Legislation-SB874/Federal-Law/1273
 
New Today:

North Carolina:

H699 is a huge compilation of changes to law, some good some bad things such as prohibiting state or local officials from enforcing federal regulations on firearms, along with constitutional carry language, the banning carrying at different locations

H891 would standardize law regarding issuing concealed carry permit

H702 would strengthen preemption laws and allow anyone adversely affected to sue for declaratory and injunctive relief and for actual damages, it would also double the fees for carry licenses

H801 would require firearm owners to surrender their weapons when a civil no contact order has been issued

H886 is called second amendment protection act and would basically stop anyone in the state from enforcing any law, ruling, court order that infringes on a persons right

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-North-Carolina-Gun-Laws

One more for North Carolina is H725 and it is train wreck of a bill that includes:

a 'safe storage act'

lost or stolen reporting

universal background checks

high capacity mag ban

serial numbers for any high capacity mag manufactured after December 1, 2015 (within the state)

liability insurance requirement for gun owners

State level record keeping for firearm dealers

The bill has 8 sponsors at this time.

Huge thumbs down on this stinker!

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-North-Carolina-Gun-Law-H725/State-Law/30369

Ohio SB142 would set up very strict rules for seizure of a firearm by any law enforcement, along with barring any officer from enforcing any federal law involving registration or ban

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Ohio-Gun-Law-SB142/State-Law/30371
 
New Today:

Massachusetts S940 would ban all firearms (except for police) from courtrooms

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Massachusetts-Gun-Law-S940/State-Law/30384

Rhode Island H6074 is a complete ban on any magazine larger than 10 rounds and would require anyone owning one when the law goes into effect 120 to get ship it out of state, sell it to a dealer or surrender it to the state

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Rhode-Island-Gun-Law-H6074/State-Law/30383

US HB1745 is the bill you have been reading about where citizens could turn in 'assault firearms' (love that term) for a $2000 tax credit

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Federal-Gun-Legislation-HB1745/Federal-Law/1275
 
‘‘(J) A frame or receiver that is identical
2 to, or based substantially on the frame or re-
3 ceiver of, a firearm described in any of subpara-
4 graphs (A) through (I) or (L).
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Does this mean an 80% receiver (or more likely a stripped lower) would qualify for the tax credit?

‘‘(H) THREADED BARREL.—The term
10 ‘threaded barrel’ means a feature or char-
11 acteristic that is designed in such a manner to
12 allow for the attachment of a firearm as defined
13 in section 5845(a) of the National Firearms Act
14 (26 U.S.C. 5845(a)).
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I gotta run right out and get a firearm to thread onto my threaded barrel. :confused:
 
New Today:

Massachusetts:

S1253 doubles the fines and jail time for possessing an 'assault weapon' or high capacity magazines not purchased prior to Set. 13, 1994

S1242 is a one firearm a month bill

S1247 would put an additional tax of 4.75% on all firearms, ammunition and parts to fund a 'Firearms violence trust fund', it would also outlaw 50 BMG rifles

S1198 would drop firearm identification card application fee from $100 to $40

S1267 would also drop firearm identification card application fee from $100 to $40

S1259 would prevent the seizure of firearms and ammunition during a state of emergency

S1271 would make ownership of suppressors legal to non-prohibited persons

S1239 would prevent gun dealers from selling more than 15 firearms to an individual in a one year period and it actually have prison time for anyone that does 'accept' more than 15

S1269 would extend non-resident firearm licenses to 6 years and would reduce fees for them

S1268 would make it legal for non-residents who are not prohibited to transport locked, unloaded firearms

S1273 would allow companies (outside the state) to sell ammunition to residents without having to be licensed by the state

S1084 would set up preemption of local government from passing firearm laws

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Massachusetts-Gun-Laws

Minnesota SF2091 would prevent the seizure of firearms during a state of emergency

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Minnesota-Gun-Law-SF2091/State-Law/30417

Pennsylvania SB725 is the senate version of the PICS to NICS legislation

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Pennsylvania-Gun-Law-SB725/State-Law/30405
 
The text of US HB1858 finally came in today and it sure looks like another backdoor registration effort on the feds part.

Running under the name the 'Crime Gun Tracing Act' it essentially it gives preference to local and state government (as far as grant money) to those that submit information about firearms it states:

"shall give preferential consideration to an application submitted by an applicant that has reported all firearms recovered during the previous 12 months by the applicant at a crime scene or during the course of a criminal investigation to the Bureau for the purpose of tracing, or to a State agency that reports such firearms to the Bureau for the purpose of tracing"

and

"whether the applicant recovered any firearms at a crime scene or during the course of a criminal investigation during the 12 months before the submission of the application"

Bolded part by me and the part that seems a bit 'twitchy'

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Federal-Gun-Legislation-HB1858/Federal-Law/1276
 
New Today:

New York A07291 would add antique firearms and muzzleloaders to the list of items that must be surrendered when a persons license to carry is suspended

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-New-York-Gun-Law-A07291/State-Law/30522

US Congress HB2216 has no text yet but the title states 'To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes' and the list of sponsors proves that even without text this bill is bad.

http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Federal-Gun-Legislation-HB2216/Federal-Law/1284
 
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