H.R.2567 -- Child Handgun Safety Act: Text

H. R. 2567 was introduced by US Rep. Jackie Speier. It was one of the two bills mentioned in an OP by Torian.

This bill would put the US Consumer Product Safety Commission in the gun safety business. Its something many in the US house would vote for.

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H.R.2567
Latest Title: To require that all handguns manufactured, sold in, or imported into, the United States incorporate technology that precludes the average five year old child from operating the handgun when it is ready to fire.
See Thomas LOC for full text of the bill:

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php

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(2) MECHANISMS DESCRIBED- The mechanisms described in paragraph (1)(A) include--

(A) raising trigger resistance to at least a ten-pound pull;

(B) altering the firing mechanism so that an average five year old child's hands are too small to operate the handgun; or

(C) requiring a series of multiple motions in order to fire the handgun.

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GJSchulze said:

This will also prevent the elderly and those with hand problems from protecting themselves with a gun. Sounds like an infringement to me. Age and disability bias?

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AlexanderA said:

This would require existing post-1899 handguns to be retrofitted to have a 10-pound trigger pull, or to have other trigger mechanism modifications. If these modifications were not made within two years after the date of enactment, the guns could not be sold or transferred.

Among other things, this would destroy the collector market. The bill thus amounts to a "taking" of economic value, which, under the 5th Amendment to the Constitution, would require just compensation to be paid to the owners.

I wonder if the sponsors have thought about such consequences?

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