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FIREARMS LEGISLATION IN THE 108th CONGRESS
Analysis by Gun Owners of America
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102
Springfield, VA 22151
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House Bills
H.R. 24 (Becerra): This bill would require any licensee transferring any firearm to test fire the firearm and provide ballistics records to the Attorney General. The Attorney General would then be required to compile the information in electronic form.
H.R. 54 (Crenshaw, Mica, Putnam, Oxley, Forbes, Kennedy (MN): This bill would authorize between $10,000,000 and $30,000,000 a year for various Project Exile-related expenditures, including sentencing enhancements involving firearms, while exempting similar crimes of violence committed with knives and similar implements.
H.R. 76 (Jackson-Lee): This bill would (1) expand to semiautos (and to young adults) the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 922(x) making it virtually impossible to legally teach your kids the safe and responsible use of firearms, expanding the penalties for violating that subsection to up to 10 years; (2) require that a gun purchaser purchase a trigger lock, irrespective of need; (3) effectively make it unlawful for a parent to keep a loaded firearm for self-defense (or an unloaded firearm with ammunition readily available); (4) require that a child attending a gun show be accompanied by a parent at all times, under penalty of law; and (5) authorize grants for "gun safety education programs."
H.R. 81 (Jackson-Lee): This bill would create a $100,000,000 funding program for "mental health services" for children. Among other things, it contains a finding that mental disorders contribute to "gun violence."
H.R. 124 (Holt): This bill would require the establishment of a system for the registration of every handgun possessed in the United States, unless a state in which a handgun is located also has a system of handgun registration in place. Any person possessing an unregistered handgun would be subject to a 15 year prison sentence.
H.R. 143 (Nadler): This bill would expand the semiauto import ban to cover (1) any firearm that has a thumb hole functioning as a pistol grip, (2) any firearm with a detachable large capacity magazine, (3) any firearm with a fixed magazine which can be readily modified to accept a large capacity magazine, and (4) any firearm that uses .22 caliber ammunition.
H.R. 144 (Nadler): This bill would treat a "barrel, stock, or any part of the action" of a firearm like a fully functioning firearm, for purposes of federal regulation.
H.R. 153 (Paul): This bill would (1) repeal the Brady Law, (2) repeal the semiauto ban, and (3) repeal the distinction discriminating against firearms not designed for "sporting purposes."
H.R. 193 (Hefley): This bill would make permanent the Smith Amendment, which prohibits the Brady Law from being used to create a gun tax or to impose a system of registration.
H.R. 211 (Towns): This bill would commission the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate regulations which would ban any toy gun similar in size, shape, OR overall appearance to a handgun.
H.R. 221 (Wexler, Nadler, Moran): This bill would impose a national one-handgun-a-month limit. It would impose criminal penalties on a dealer if a jury found, after the fact, that he had "reasonable cause to believe" that the handgun he sold was not the first handgun which the purchaser acquired during that month.
H.R. 260 (Conyers et al.): This bill would require Instant Checks at gun shows. It would effectively outlaw gun shows by imposing criminal penalties up to five years (for the second offense) for gun show promoters who fail to notify every attendee at a gun show of his responsibilities under the Brady Law.
H.R. 276 (Goode): This bill would repeal the Lautenberg amendment, which prohibits gun ownership by a person convicted of a misdemeanor involving domestic "violence."
H.R. 291 (Kelly): This bill would double the prison sentences for carrying, brandishing, or using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence (loosely defined) or a drug trafficking offense.
H.R. 325 (Vitter): This bill would establish a 100% tax credit (limit: $1,500 a year) for a person purchasing a residential safe storage device for the storage of firearms.
H.R. 357 (Everett): This bill would prohibit a federal or state lawsuit against a gun manufacturer or seller for damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful use of the firearm by a third party.
H.R. 394 (Conyers et al.): This bill would allow lawsuits for "crimes of violence" motivated by gender, including, specifically, crimes committed with firearms.
H.R. 648 (Wilson): This bill would reaffirm the right of Americans to use firearms (1) for the defense of themselves and their families, (2) for defense against a violent felony, and (3) for defense of one's home.
Senate Bills
S. 6 (Daschle): This bill would authorize guards at nuclear facilities to carry firearms and make arrests.
S. 22 (Daschle, Leahy, Biden, Kennedy, Schumer, Durbin, Clinton, Murray, Dayton, Corzine, Reed (RI)): This is the omnibus Democrat crime bill for the 108th Congress. It would:
require the states to turn over huge numbers of records to the FBI -- including, potentially, tax returns, unemployment insurance records, arrest records, and halfway house-type records -- in order to determine which Americans are prohibited from owning guns because they are, for example, illegal aliens or unlawful users of controlled substances;
require firearms manufacturers to conduct ballistics tests of firearms and to submit the results to the federal government;
authorize $150,000,000 in order to expand the Project Exile program -- a program which would, for example, target technical firearms violations, while ignoring violent crimes not involving firearms;
expand the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative;
impose a lifetime gun ban for, in some cases, relatively insignificant juvenile offenses -- offenses which may have resulted in dismissal had the juvenile been an adult represented by a lawyer;
require a dealer/FFL, whether or not he conducts a storefront business, to expend large amounts of money for "secure gun storage or safety devices;"
increase to five years the prison term for parents violating the hypertechnical provisions of 18 U.S.C. 922(x), which make it virtually impossible for a parent to legally teach his child the safe and responsible use of firearms;
increase penalties on other gun offenses involving juveniles;
create an across-the-board prohibition on "conspiring" to commit a federal gun offense;
require an Instantcheck for all gun-show transactions
and, in the process, effectively outlaw gun shows by imprisoning gun show promoters of they fail to notify EVERY attendee of his responsibilities under the Brady Law.
S. 217 (Boxer, Lautenberg): This bill would increase from one to five years the criminal penalties for gun dealers who "fail to properly maintain" any record required by BATF.
S. 253 (Campbell, Leahy, Hatch, Reid, Graham, Schumer, Grassley, Dorgan, Kyl, Edwards, Sessions, Baucus, DeWine, Warner, Cantwell, Nickles, Conrad, Burns, Landrieu, Craig, Domenici, Dayton, Feinstein, Cornyn, Lincoln, Allen, Santorum, McConnell, Bunning, Nelson (NE), Inhofe, Stabenow): This bill would allow current and retired law enforcement personnel to carry concealed firearms anywhere in the country.
FIREARMS LEGISLATION IN THE 108th CONGRESS
Analysis by Gun Owners of America
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102
Springfield, VA 22151
(703)321-8585, fax: 321-8408
House Bills
H.R. 24 (Becerra): This bill would require any licensee transferring any firearm to test fire the firearm and provide ballistics records to the Attorney General. The Attorney General would then be required to compile the information in electronic form.
H.R. 54 (Crenshaw, Mica, Putnam, Oxley, Forbes, Kennedy (MN): This bill would authorize between $10,000,000 and $30,000,000 a year for various Project Exile-related expenditures, including sentencing enhancements involving firearms, while exempting similar crimes of violence committed with knives and similar implements.
H.R. 76 (Jackson-Lee): This bill would (1) expand to semiautos (and to young adults) the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 922(x) making it virtually impossible to legally teach your kids the safe and responsible use of firearms, expanding the penalties for violating that subsection to up to 10 years; (2) require that a gun purchaser purchase a trigger lock, irrespective of need; (3) effectively make it unlawful for a parent to keep a loaded firearm for self-defense (or an unloaded firearm with ammunition readily available); (4) require that a child attending a gun show be accompanied by a parent at all times, under penalty of law; and (5) authorize grants for "gun safety education programs."
H.R. 81 (Jackson-Lee): This bill would create a $100,000,000 funding program for "mental health services" for children. Among other things, it contains a finding that mental disorders contribute to "gun violence."
H.R. 124 (Holt): This bill would require the establishment of a system for the registration of every handgun possessed in the United States, unless a state in which a handgun is located also has a system of handgun registration in place. Any person possessing an unregistered handgun would be subject to a 15 year prison sentence.
H.R. 143 (Nadler): This bill would expand the semiauto import ban to cover (1) any firearm that has a thumb hole functioning as a pistol grip, (2) any firearm with a detachable large capacity magazine, (3) any firearm with a fixed magazine which can be readily modified to accept a large capacity magazine, and (4) any firearm that uses .22 caliber ammunition.
H.R. 144 (Nadler): This bill would treat a "barrel, stock, or any part of the action" of a firearm like a fully functioning firearm, for purposes of federal regulation.
H.R. 153 (Paul): This bill would (1) repeal the Brady Law, (2) repeal the semiauto ban, and (3) repeal the distinction discriminating against firearms not designed for "sporting purposes."
H.R. 193 (Hefley): This bill would make permanent the Smith Amendment, which prohibits the Brady Law from being used to create a gun tax or to impose a system of registration.
H.R. 211 (Towns): This bill would commission the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate regulations which would ban any toy gun similar in size, shape, OR overall appearance to a handgun.
H.R. 221 (Wexler, Nadler, Moran): This bill would impose a national one-handgun-a-month limit. It would impose criminal penalties on a dealer if a jury found, after the fact, that he had "reasonable cause to believe" that the handgun he sold was not the first handgun which the purchaser acquired during that month.
H.R. 260 (Conyers et al.): This bill would require Instant Checks at gun shows. It would effectively outlaw gun shows by imposing criminal penalties up to five years (for the second offense) for gun show promoters who fail to notify every attendee at a gun show of his responsibilities under the Brady Law.
H.R. 276 (Goode): This bill would repeal the Lautenberg amendment, which prohibits gun ownership by a person convicted of a misdemeanor involving domestic "violence."
H.R. 291 (Kelly): This bill would double the prison sentences for carrying, brandishing, or using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence (loosely defined) or a drug trafficking offense.
H.R. 325 (Vitter): This bill would establish a 100% tax credit (limit: $1,500 a year) for a person purchasing a residential safe storage device for the storage of firearms.
H.R. 357 (Everett): This bill would prohibit a federal or state lawsuit against a gun manufacturer or seller for damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful use of the firearm by a third party.
H.R. 394 (Conyers et al.): This bill would allow lawsuits for "crimes of violence" motivated by gender, including, specifically, crimes committed with firearms.
H.R. 648 (Wilson): This bill would reaffirm the right of Americans to use firearms (1) for the defense of themselves and their families, (2) for defense against a violent felony, and (3) for defense of one's home.
Senate Bills
S. 6 (Daschle): This bill would authorize guards at nuclear facilities to carry firearms and make arrests.
S. 22 (Daschle, Leahy, Biden, Kennedy, Schumer, Durbin, Clinton, Murray, Dayton, Corzine, Reed (RI)): This is the omnibus Democrat crime bill for the 108th Congress. It would:
require the states to turn over huge numbers of records to the FBI -- including, potentially, tax returns, unemployment insurance records, arrest records, and halfway house-type records -- in order to determine which Americans are prohibited from owning guns because they are, for example, illegal aliens or unlawful users of controlled substances;
require firearms manufacturers to conduct ballistics tests of firearms and to submit the results to the federal government;
authorize $150,000,000 in order to expand the Project Exile program -- a program which would, for example, target technical firearms violations, while ignoring violent crimes not involving firearms;
expand the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative;
impose a lifetime gun ban for, in some cases, relatively insignificant juvenile offenses -- offenses which may have resulted in dismissal had the juvenile been an adult represented by a lawyer;
require a dealer/FFL, whether or not he conducts a storefront business, to expend large amounts of money for "secure gun storage or safety devices;"
increase to five years the prison term for parents violating the hypertechnical provisions of 18 U.S.C. 922(x), which make it virtually impossible for a parent to legally teach his child the safe and responsible use of firearms;
increase penalties on other gun offenses involving juveniles;
create an across-the-board prohibition on "conspiring" to commit a federal gun offense;
require an Instantcheck for all gun-show transactions
and, in the process, effectively outlaw gun shows by imprisoning gun show promoters of they fail to notify EVERY attendee of his responsibilities under the Brady Law.
S. 217 (Boxer, Lautenberg): This bill would increase from one to five years the criminal penalties for gun dealers who "fail to properly maintain" any record required by BATF.
S. 253 (Campbell, Leahy, Hatch, Reid, Graham, Schumer, Grassley, Dorgan, Kyl, Edwards, Sessions, Baucus, DeWine, Warner, Cantwell, Nickles, Conrad, Burns, Landrieu, Craig, Domenici, Dayton, Feinstein, Cornyn, Lincoln, Allen, Santorum, McConnell, Bunning, Nelson (NE), Inhofe, Stabenow): This bill would allow current and retired law enforcement personnel to carry concealed firearms anywhere in the country.
