HR45... Here it comes...

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Courtesy of U.S.Representative Bobby Rush of Illinois...

In short:
-- National registration of all firearms owners
-- "Special" licenses for owners of handguns and semiauto rifles
-- Registration of all firearms
-- Mandatory "firearms training", approved storage




SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as `Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009'.

(b) Table of Contents- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.

Sec. 3. Definitions.

TITLE I––LICENSING

Sec. 101. Licensing requirement.

Sec. 102. Application requirements.

Sec. 103. Issuance of license.

Sec. 104. Renewal of license.

Sec. 105. Revocation of license.

TITLE II––RECORD OF SALE OR TRANSFER

Sec. 201. Sale or transfer requirements for qualifying firearms.

Sec. 202. Firearm records.

TITLE III––ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS

Sec. 301. Universal background check requirement.

Sec. 302. Failure to maintain or permit inspection of records.

Sec. 303. Failure to report loss or theft of firearm.

Sec. 304. Failure to provide notice of change of address.

Sec. 305. Child access prevention.

TITLE IV––ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 401. Criminal penalties.

Sec. 402. Regulations.

Sec. 403. Inspections.

Sec. 404. Orders.

Sec. 405. Injunctive enforcement.

TITLE V––FIREARM INJURY INFORMATION AND RESEARCH

Sec. 501. Duties of the Attorney General.

TITLE VI––EFFECT ON STATE LAW

Sec. 601. Effect on State law.

Sec. 602. Certification of State firearm licensing systems and State firearm record of sale systems.

TITLE VII––RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW

Sec. 701. Subordination to Arms Export Control Act.

TITLE VIII––INAPPLICABILITY

Sec. 801. Inapplicability to governmental authorities.

TITLE IX––EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 901. Effective date of amendments.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings- Congress finds that––

(1) the manufacture, distribution, and importation of firearms is inherently commercial in nature;

(2) firearms regularly move in interstate commerce;

(3) to the extent that firearms trafficking is intrastate in nature, it arises out of and is substantially connected with a commercial transaction, which, when viewed in the aggregate, substantially affects interstate commerce;

(4) because the intrastate and interstate trafficking of firearms are so commingled, full regulation of interstate commerce requires the incidental regulation of intrastate commerce;

(5) gun violence in the United States is associated with the majority of homicides, over half the suicides, and two-thirds of non-fatal violent injuries; and

(6) on the afternoon of May 10, 2007, Blair Holt, a junior at Julian High School in Chicago, was killed on a public bus riding home from school when he used his body to shield a girl who was in the line of fire after a young man boarded the bus and started shooting.

(b) Sense of the Congress- It is the sense of the Congress that––

(1) firearms trafficking is prevalent and widespread in and among the States, and it is usually impossible to distinguish between intrastate trafficking and interstate trafficking; and

(2) it is in the national interest and within the role of the Federal Government to ensure that the regulation of firearms is uniform among the States, that law enforcement can quickly and effectively trace firearms used in crime, and that firearms owners know how to use and safely store their firearms.

(c) Purposes- The purposes of this Act and the amendments made by this Act are––

(1) to protect the public against the unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with the unrecorded sale or transfer of qualifying firearms to criminals and youth;

(2) to ensure that owners of qualifying firearms are knowledgeable in the safe use, handling, and storage of those firearms;

(3) to restrict the availability of qualifying firearms to criminals, youth, and other persons prohibited by Federal law from receiving firearms; and

(4) to facilitate the tracing of qualifying firearms used in crime by Federal and State law enforcement agencies.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

(a) In General- In this Act:

(1) FIREARM; LICENSED DEALER; LICENSED MANUFACTURER; STATE- The terms `firearm', `licensed dealer', `licensed manufacturer', and `State' have the meanings given those terms in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code.

(2) QUALIFYING FIREARM- The term `qualifying firearm' has the meaning given the term in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Amendment to Title 18, United States Code- Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

(36) The term `qualifying firearm'––

(A) means––

(i) any handgun; or

(ii) any semiautomatic firearm that can accept any detachable ammunition feeding device
; and

(B) does not include any antique.'.

TITLE I––LICENSING

SEC. 101. LICENSING REQUIREMENT.

Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

(aa) Firearm Licensing Requirement-

(1) IN GENERAL- It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to possess a qualifying firearm on or after the applicable date, unless that person has been issued a firearm license––

(A) under title I of Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009, which license has not been invalidated or revoked under that title; or

(B) pursuant to a State firearm licensing and record of sale system certified under section 602 of Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009, which license has not been invalidated or revoked under State law.

(2) APPLICABLE DATE- In this subsection, the term `applicable date' means––

(A) with respect to a qualifying firearm that is acquired by the person before the date of the enactment of Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009, 2 years after such date of enactment; and

(B) with respect to a qualifying firearm that is acquired by the person on or after the date of the enactment of Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009, 1 year after such date of enactment.'.

SEC. 102. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

(a) In General- In order to be issued a firearm license under this title, an individual shall submit to the Attorney General (in accordance with the regulations promulgated under subsection (b)) an application, which shall include––

(1) a current, passport-sized photograph of the applicant that provides a clear, accurate likeness of the applicant;

(2) the name, address, and date and place of birth of the applicant;

(3) any other name that the applicant has ever used or by which the applicant has ever been known;

(4) a clear thumb print of the applicant, which shall be made when, and in the presence of the entity to whom, the application is submitted;

(5) with respect to each category of person prohibited by Federal law, or by the law of the State of residence of the applicant, from obtaining a firearm, a statement that the individual is not a person prohibited from obtaining a firearm;

(6) a certification by the applicant that the applicant will keep any firearm owned by the applicant safely stored and out of the possession of persons who have not attained 18 years of age;

(7) a certificate attesting to the completion at the time of application of a written firearms examination, which shall test the knowledge and ability of the applicant regarding––

(A) the safe storage of firearms, particularly in the vicinity of persons who have not attained 18 years of age;

(B) the safe handling of firearms;

(C) the use of firearms in the home and the risks associated with such use;

(D) the legal responsibilities of firearms owners, including Federal, State, and local laws relating to requirements for the possession and storage of firearms, and relating to reporting requirements with respect to firearms; and

(E) any other subjects, as the Attorney General determines to be appropriate;

(8) an authorization by the applicant to release to the Attorney General or an authorized representative of the Attorney General any mental health records pertaining to the applicant;

(9) the date on which the application was submitted; and

(10) the signature of the applicant.

(b) Regulations Governing Submission- The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations specifying procedures for the submission of applications to the Attorney General under this section, which regulations shall––

(1) provide for submission of the application through a licensed dealer or an office or agency of the Federal Government designated by the Attorney General;

(2) require the applicant to provide a valid identification document (as defined in section 1028(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code) of the applicant, containing a photograph of the applicant, to the licensed dealer or to the office or agency of the Federal Government, as applicable, at the time of submission of the application to that dealer, office, or agency; and

(3) require that a completed application be forwarded to the Attorney General not later than 48 hours after the application is submitted to the licensed dealer or office or agency of the Federal Government, as applicable.

(c) Fees-

(1) IN GENERAL- The Attorney General shall charge and collect from each applicant for a license under this title a fee in an amount determined in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) FEE AMOUNT- The amount of the fee collected under this subsection shall be not less than the amount determined by the Attorney General to be necessary to ensure that the total amount of all fees collected under this subsection during a fiscal year is sufficient to cover the costs of carrying out this title during that fiscal year, except that such amount shall not exceed $25.

SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.

(a) In General- The Attorney General shall issue a firearm license to an applicant who has submitted an application that meets the requirements of section 102 of this Act, if the Attorney General ascertains that the individual is not prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, from receiving a firearm.

(b) Effect of Issuance to Prohibited Person- A firearm license issued under this section shall be null and void if issued to a person who is prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, from receiving a firearm.

(c) Form of License- A firearm license issued under this section shall be in the form of a tamper-resistant card, and shall include––

(1) the photograph of the licensed individual submitted with the application;

(2) the address of the licensed individual;

(3) the date of birth of the licensed individual;

(4) a license number, unique to each licensed individual;

(5) the expiration date of the license, which shall be the date that is 5 years after the initial anniversary of the date of birth of the licensed individual following the date on which the license is issued (or in the case of a license renewal, following the date on which the license is renewed under section 104);

(6) the signature of the licensed individual provided on the application, or a facsimile of the application; and

(7) centered at the top of the license, capitalized, and in boldface type, the following:
FIREARM LICENSE––NOT VALID FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.

SEC. 104. RENEWAL OF LICENSE.

(a) Application for Renewal-

(1) IN GENERAL- In order to renew a firearm license issued under this title, not later than 30 days before the expiration date of the license, the licensed individual shall submit to the Attorney General (in accordance with the regulations promulgated under paragraph (3)), in a form approved by the Attorney General, an application for renewal of the license.

(2) CONTENTS- An application submitted under paragraph (1) shall include––

(A) a current, passport-sized photograph of the applicant that provides a clear, accurate likeness of the applicant;

(B) current proof of identity of the licensed individual; and

(C) the address of the licensed individual.

(3) REGULATIONS GOVERNING SUBMISSION- The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations specifying procedures for the submission of applications under this subsection.

(b) Issuance of Renewed License- Upon approval of an application submitted under subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney General shall issue a renewed license, which shall meet the requirements of section 103(c), except that the license shall include the current photograph and address of the licensed individual, as provided in the application submitted under this section, and the expiration date of the renewed license, as provided in section 103(c)(5).

SEC. 105. REVOCATION OF LICENSE.

(a) In General- If an individual to whom a license has been issued under this title subsequently becomes a person who is prohibited by subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, from receiving a firearm––

(1) the license is revoked; and

(2) the individual shall promptly return the license to the Attorney General.

(b) Administrative Action- Upon receipt by the Attorney General of notice that an individual to whom a license has been issued under this title has become a person described in subsection (a), the Attorney General shall ensure that the individual promptly returns the license to the Attorney General.

TITLE II––RECORD OF SALE OR TRANSFER

SEC. 201. SALE OR TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFYING FIREARMS.

Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:

(bb) Unauthorized Sale or Transfer of a Qualifying Firearm- It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer a qualifying firearm to, or for, any person who is not a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, or to receive a qualifying firearm from a person who is not a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, unless, at the time and place of the transfer or receipt––

(1) the transferee presents to a licensed dealer a valid firearm license issued to the transferee––

(A) under title I of Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009; or

(B) pursuant to a State firearm licensing and record of sale system certified under section 602 of Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 established by the State in which the transfer or receipt occurs;

(2) the licensed dealer contacts the Attorney General or the head of the State agency that administers the certified system described in paragraph (1)(B), as applicable, and receives notice that the transferee has been issued a firearm license described in paragraph (1) and that the license remains valid; and

(3) the licensed dealer records on a document (which, in the case of a sale, shall be the sales receipt) a tracking authorization number provided by the Attorney General or the head of the State agency, as applicable, as evidence that the licensed dealer has verified the validity of the license.'.

SEC. 202. FIREARM RECORDS.

(a) Submission of Sale or Transfer Reports- Not later than 14 days after the date on which the transfer of qualifying firearm is processed by a licensed dealer under section 922(bb) of title 18, United States Code (as added by section 201 of this Act), the licensed dealer shall submit to the Attorney General (or, in the case of a licensed dealer located in a State that has a State firearm licensing and record of sale system certified under section 602 of this Act, to the head of the State agency that administers that system) a report of that transfer, which shall include information relating to––

(1) the manufacturer of the firearm;

(2) the model name or number of the firearm;

(3) the serial number of the firearm;

(4) the date on which the firearm was received by the transferee;

(5) the number of a valid firearm license issued to the transferee under title I of this Act; and

(6) the name and address of the individual who transferred the firearm to the transferee.

(b) Federal Record of Sale System- Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish and maintain a Federal record of sale system, which shall include the information included in each report submitted to the Attorney General under subsection (a).

(c) Elimination of Prohibition on Establishment of System of Registration- Section 926(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence.

TITLE III––ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS

SEC. 301. UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENT.

Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by sections 101 and 201 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:

(cc) Universal Background Check Requirement-

(1) REQUIREMENT- Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer a firearm to any person other than such a licensee, unless the transfer is processed through a licensed dealer in accordance with subsection (t).

(2) EXCEPTION- Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the infrequent transfer of a firearm by gift, bequest, intestate succession or other means by an individual to a parent, child, grandparent, or grandchild of the individual, or to any loan of a firearm for any lawful purpose for not more than 30 days between persons who are personally known to each other.'.
 
Will die in committee.

Too much too fast. This will get smacked down quickly.

That said, they are not gonna stop trying.
 
Hopefully.

Requires a license to own a handgun, with no grandfather clause.

Doesn't have a chance.

Not at this time.

These kinds of things are introduced at the beginning of every session. They die off quickly but they allow this or that politician to keep promises he made to some fringe group in exchange for their support (usually cash).

So this guy can say "See, I did what I said, I introduced this bill. It's not my fault no one voted on it. Blame those pesky (insert other party here). Thanks again for your support of my campaign."
 
Same clowns... same circus.

"H.R.2666
Title: To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] (introduced 6/11/2007) Cosponsors (16)
Latest Major Action: 7/16/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. COSPONSORS(16), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)


Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 7/12/2007
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 9/26/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 7/19/2007
Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 7/26/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 9/5/2007
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 7/19/2007
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 7/26/2007
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 7/26/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 7/26/2007
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 11/5/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 7/12/2007
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 7/19/2007
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 7/19/2007
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] - 7/26/2007
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 7/19/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 9/5/2007"

From http://thomas.loc.gov
 
This will go over well when they look at the numbers and how much money it will cost to implement it. Le's not forget that "databases" for firearms ownership have resulted in ZERO convictions.
 
(8) an authorization by the applicant to release to the Attorney General or an authorized representative of the Attorney General any mental health records pertaining to the applicant;

Not a chance in hell. You'd have to surrender one constitutionally protected right to exercise another. Never stand up to a legal challenge.
 
Well, much of what he's proposing is already done on the state level in many places. Could that be the first step to a US license, good in all states?

Some how I don't think that's what he had in mind.
 
Insight into Bobby Rush by John Kass:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-14-jan14,0,4852041.column

Blago-Burris saga has unexpected winners

John Kass
January 14, 2009

Before I tell you how an indicted Illinois Combine Republican boss/Asphalt King and his loyal pork-barrel ally, the incoming U.S. secretary of transportation, are the big winners in the ridiculous Tombstone Burris affair, first let's analyze what went wrong.

President-elect Barack Obama and the Senate Democrats could have saved themselves, and the rest of America, the pain of suffering through the political soap opera around the new junior senator from Illinois, Roland "Tombstone" Burris.

All Obama had to do was ask his big-bucks Hollywood donors to build a fake U.S. Senate set—exactly like those used by the secret operatives in the "Mission Impossible" movies when they trick gullible Russians named Dimitri—and hire actors with great silver heads of senatorial hair to heap honors and praise upon our Sen. Tombstone.

I can't take full credit for the idea. Comedian Dennis Miller deserves some, too, because it was hatched the other morning when I was a guest on his national radio show (broadcast locally on WIND-AM). Miller liked the idea, I think.

"So even if he wasn't in the actual chamber, you just call him Senator?" Miller asked.

But of course. If the actors presented Tombstone with an "official Mr. Senator" purple satin sash festooned with shiny medallions to wear along with white tie and tails at fake "state dinners"—each medallion listing the accomplishments he's already carved onto the walls of that ridiculous mausoleum he built for himself—Tombstone would faint from joy.

All he ever wanted, really, was to be called a U.S. senator.

Tombstone's ego would have been so overwhelmed by the stage sets and actors with leonine haircuts calling him "Senator," that he wouldn't have noticed the 2-by-4s holding up the walls of the chambers, or the rubber-faced senatorial masks of Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin, or that Sen. John Kerry fright wig in the trash can.

It would have been easier than what happened when Gov. Rod Blagojevich, facing federal criminal charges of trying to sell Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder, decided to play the race card in appointing Burris, just after Obama announced he'd support Senate leaders who said they'd never seat Tombstone.

Obama felt compelled to privately slap Reid and Durbin upside the head the Chicago Way, forcing them to publicly scarf down some humble pie after they had loudly promised to never, ever seat any senator appointed by the tainted Blagojevich. Loyal readers know this was the subject of one of my columns last week predicting, quite accurately I'm forced to humbly admit, how all this would end.

Now, onto the political winners:

One of the minor winners is U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, the former Black Panther and Illinois Democrat who was enlisted by Burris/Blagojevich to play the race card and offer a pretext for the seating of Tombstone. Though a career hack, Tombstone's skin happens to be black, and without African-Americans in thrall, there would be no Democratic Party.

The race card worked, just a month after political writers gushed all over themselves that Obama's victory proved, finally, that America had transcended race. Oops!

What wasn't mentioned in all of this is what Tribune reporters Dan Mihalopoulos and Todd Lighty reported last year, that Rush's Black Panther rhetoric obscures Rush's role as a functionary in Mayor Richard Daley's Chicago machine.

In January 2007, Daley put Rush in charge of a Daley political fund to help his aldermanic candidates. The big donors included Daley insiders, such as political strategist Tim Degnan, considered the fifth Daley brother. Another donor was Daley fashion adviser/waste management consultant Fred Bruno Barbara, named in testimony in the recent federal mob trial as once serving as a driver for the Chicago Outfit's Chinatown crew boss, Angelo "The Hook" LaPietra.

Rush formally withdrew from the Daley fund after the House Ethics Committee advised him not to participate. But Rush knows that once in, you're in. And if he forgets, Freddie and Tim will remind him.


Yet the big winners in the Tombstone Burris affair are William Cellini, the federally indicted Illinois Republican boss of Springfield and the head of the Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association, and Cellini's pal, former U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Combine), who didn't have to worry about opposition as long as Cellini backed him.

LaHood, who like Burris has not been charged with any crime, is scheduled to appear Wednesday for his Senate confirmation hearing as Obama's transportation secretary. He'll be responsible for spending $700 billion or more on road and infrastructure development. Tombstone can make speeches. Cellini can make one phone call and reach the Obama administration where it counts.

There has been much coverage about Tombstone and Blago, so much righteous screeching and hardly a media mention about Cellini and LaHood. They'd consider this a victory. And they didn't even need Hollywood set designers to accomplish it.

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"Shall not be infringed." -- What's that mean? And why can't the brain trust in Wash. DC figure it out?
 
They understand "shall not be infringed"(just like anyone with average intelligence over age 12). It's that they have figured out that if they gently chip, chip away bit by bit, no one calls them on it. If we continue to allow it, I predict they will gain enough confidence at some point to severely restrict firearm ownership under the new Supreme Court standard of "reasonable restriction."
 
Will do......
WEAPONS OF CHOICE
Big Brother's new target: Tracking of all firearms
'This is nothing less than a declaration of war on American gun owners'

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Posted: January 13, 2009
10:08 pm Eastern


By Drew Zahn
© 2009 WorldNetDaily



Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., is hoping to pass a firearm-licensing bill that will significantly rewrite gun-ownership laws in America.

Among the more controversial provisions of the bill are requirements that all handgun owners submit to the federal government a photo, thumb print and mental heath records. Further, the bill would order the attorney general to establish a database of every handgun sale, transfer and owner's address in America.

The bill claims its purpose is "to protect the public against the unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with the unrecorded sale or transfer of firearms to criminals and youth."

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Columnist David Codrea of Guns Magazine, however, calls it a "ridiculous affront to liberty."

"This is nothing less than a declaration of war on American gun owners," Codrea writes on Gun Rights Examiner.

(Story continues below)




Rush's proposed bill, H.R. 45, is alternatively known as "Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009," named after an Illinois teenager killed by a gunshot.

According the bill's text, "On the afternoon of May 10, 2007, Blair Holt, a junior at Julian High School in Chicago, was killed on a public bus riding home from school when he used his body to shield a girl who was in the line of fire after a young man boarded the bus and started shooting."

The bill then argues that interstate firearm trafficking and children dying from gun violence create legitimate cause for the federal government to monitor gun ownership and transfers in new ways.

If passed, the bill would make it illegal to own or possess a "qualifying firearm" – defined as any handgun or any semiautomatic firearm that takes an ammunition clip – without a "Blair Holt" license.

To obtain a "Blair Holt" license, an application must be made that includes a photo, address, all previous aliases, thumb print, completion of a written firearm safety test, release of mental health records to the attorney general and a fee not to exceed $25.

Further, the bill makes it illegal to transfer ownership of a qualifying firearm to anyone who is not a licensed gun dealer or collector. Exceptions to this rule include transfer to family members by gift or bequest and loans, not to exceed 30 days, of a firearm for lawful purposes "between persons who are personally known to each other."

The bill also requires qualifying firearm owners to report all transfers to the attorney general's database. It would also be illegal for a licensed gun owner to fail to record a gun loss or theft within 72 hours or fail to report a change of address within 60 days.

And if a minor obtains a weapon and injures someone with it, the owner of the gun – if deemed to have failed to meet certain safety requirements – faces a multiple-year jail sentence.

H.R. 45 is a resurfacing of 2007's H.R. 2666, which contained much of the same language and was co-sponsored by 15 other representatives and Barack Obama's current chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel. H.R. 2666 was assigned to the House Judiciary committee, where no action was taken.

H.R. 45 currently has no co-sponsors and is likewise assigned to the House Judiciary committee.
 
Harry Reid voted against the first assault weapon ban and is against a new one. He'll be against something like this as well, so even if it makes it out of committee, it won't be reaching the Senate floor. Not to mention the blue-dogs would side with the GOP filibuster and stop it dead.
 
Banning the sale of new magazines is something that many people don't even notice -- especially when, in 1993, not too many people had "high capacity" guns.

Now that most new handguns hold more than 10 rounds, a ban similar to the Biden/Clinton ban of 1994 would not go unnoticed.

Requiring a license to own a handgun that you have owned for 25 years, and making you a criminal if you don't either give up your gun or get the license -- that's something that a lot of everyday people will notice.

Politicians are more than happy to target small groups of "those other people" by banning things -- not just guns. Americans have become all to ready to screw their neighbors' liberties, in the mistaken belief that they have nothing to worry about. However, things change rapidly when it's not just "those other people" who pay taxes, have their legal possessions taken from them, etc.
 
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