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Senate bill requires
firearm registration
Mandates universal gun licenses
featuring photo, personal info
By Jon E. Dougherty
© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would
require all firearms to be registered and
mandate the creation of a record of sale for
virtually every firearm sold in the U.S.
The "Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2000," S
2525, is sponsored by Sen.
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,
and has three noted
gun-control advocates as
senate cosponsors: Charles
Schumer, D-N.Y.; Barbara
Boxer, D-Calif.; and Frank
Lautenberg, D-N.J.
Schumer helped guide through the so-called
assault-weapons ban when he was still a
congressman in the House, while Boxer and
Feinstein handled the legislation when it came to the Senate. Lautenberg openly touts his gun-control record on his Senate website.
The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee the day it was submitted, May 9, where it has languished ever since. So far, the bill has not appeared on the committee'slegislative schedule. Specifically, S 2525 amends Sect. 922, Title 18 of the U.S. Code to require all persons to license "qualifying" firearms. Applicants for licenses must submit a passport-sized photograph, all personal information, a thumbprint and a statement testifying that applicants are not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing a gun.
Also, applicants must complete a mandatory
firearms training course and demonstrate "the
safe storage of firearms, particularly in the
vicinity of juveniles," as well as "the safe
handling of firearms, the use of firearms in the home and the risks associated with such use,"and "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."
"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," the measure says.
According to the bill, all authority for requiring
firearms registration could be granted the
federal government under the Constitution's
commerce clause.
The measure lists several goals of Feinstein's
regulations:
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;
To ensure that owners of qualifying
firearms are knowledgeable in the safe
use, handling and storage of those
firearms;
To restrict the availability of qualifying
firearms to criminals, youth and other
persons prohibited by Federal law from
receiving firearms; and
To facilitate the tracing of qualifying
firearms used in crime by federal and state
law-enforcement agencies.
The application process would be directed by
the Treasury secretary, most likely under the
auspices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, a subdivision of the Treasury
Department.
According to the bill, the term "qualifying
firearm" includes "any handgun, any
semiautomatic firearm that can accept any
detachable ammunition feeding device," but
does not include "any antique" weapon.
The license issued under the bill would contain
a photo of the applicant, be "tamper-resistant"
and contain the applicant's personal
information, including a signature. The license
would be good for five years, but subject to
revocation if the applicant were convicted of a
crime prohibiting firearms possession during
the licensure period.
Also, gun owners could not sell or "otherwise
transfer" any firearm to anyone other than
through a licensed gun dealer, according to the
text of the measure.
"It shall be unlawful for any person other than a
licensee to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer a
qualifying firearm to, or receive a qualifying
firearm from, any person other than a licensee
unless, at the time and place of the transfer or
receipt ... the transferee presents to a licensed
dealer a valid firearm license issued to the
transferee," says the bill.
Firearms dealers would then be required to file
a form with the Treasury Department within 14
days of the sale or transfer containing a detailed
description and serial number of the gun sold.
"Since Columbine, thousands of Americans have
been killed by gunfire," Lautenberg said on the
Senate floor while introducing his legislation. "It
has been more than a year since the Columbine
tragedy, but still this Republican Congress
refuses to act on sensible gun legislation."
Critics have decried S 2525 as a prelude to total
gun confiscation because such detailed
possession and transaction records could
eventually be misused by government agencies
if ordered to collect guns by Congress or the
president.
*sorry for the way this appears, I just cut and copied and I have to be really fast so my computer doesn't hang up (trouble with phone comp. and the computer). But, you get the jest of what she wants. Time to be disobediant to our masters.
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.Senate bill requires
firearm registration
Mandates universal gun licenses
featuring photo, personal info
By Jon E. Dougherty
© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would
require all firearms to be registered and
mandate the creation of a record of sale for
virtually every firearm sold in the U.S.
The "Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2000," S
2525, is sponsored by Sen.
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,
and has three noted
gun-control advocates as
senate cosponsors: Charles
Schumer, D-N.Y.; Barbara
Boxer, D-Calif.; and Frank
Lautenberg, D-N.J.
Schumer helped guide through the so-called
assault-weapons ban when he was still a
congressman in the House, while Boxer and
Feinstein handled the legislation when it came to the Senate. Lautenberg openly touts his gun-control record on his Senate website.
The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee the day it was submitted, May 9, where it has languished ever since. So far, the bill has not appeared on the committee'slegislative schedule. Specifically, S 2525 amends Sect. 922, Title 18 of the U.S. Code to require all persons to license "qualifying" firearms. Applicants for licenses must submit a passport-sized photograph, all personal information, a thumbprint and a statement testifying that applicants are not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing a gun.
Also, applicants must complete a mandatory
firearms training course and demonstrate "the
safe storage of firearms, particularly in the
vicinity of juveniles," as well as "the safe
handling of firearms, the use of firearms in the home and the risks associated with such use,"and "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."
"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," the measure says.
According to the bill, all authority for requiring
firearms registration could be granted the
federal government under the Constitution's
commerce clause.
The measure lists several goals of Feinstein's
regulations:
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;
To ensure that owners of qualifying
firearms are knowledgeable in the safe
use, handling and storage of those
firearms;
To restrict the availability of qualifying
firearms to criminals, youth and other
persons prohibited by Federal law from
receiving firearms; and
To facilitate the tracing of qualifying
firearms used in crime by federal and state
law-enforcement agencies.
The application process would be directed by
the Treasury secretary, most likely under the
auspices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, a subdivision of the Treasury
Department.
According to the bill, the term "qualifying
firearm" includes "any handgun, any
semiautomatic firearm that can accept any
detachable ammunition feeding device," but
does not include "any antique" weapon.
The license issued under the bill would contain
a photo of the applicant, be "tamper-resistant"
and contain the applicant's personal
information, including a signature. The license
would be good for five years, but subject to
revocation if the applicant were convicted of a
crime prohibiting firearms possession during
the licensure period.
Also, gun owners could not sell or "otherwise
transfer" any firearm to anyone other than
through a licensed gun dealer, according to the
text of the measure.
"It shall be unlawful for any person other than a
licensee to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer a
qualifying firearm to, or receive a qualifying
firearm from, any person other than a licensee
unless, at the time and place of the transfer or
receipt ... the transferee presents to a licensed
dealer a valid firearm license issued to the
transferee," says the bill.
Firearms dealers would then be required to file
a form with the Treasury Department within 14
days of the sale or transfer containing a detailed
description and serial number of the gun sold.
"Since Columbine, thousands of Americans have
been killed by gunfire," Lautenberg said on the
Senate floor while introducing his legislation. "It
has been more than a year since the Columbine
tragedy, but still this Republican Congress
refuses to act on sensible gun legislation."
Critics have decried S 2525 as a prelude to total
gun confiscation because such detailed
possession and transaction records could
eventually be misused by government agencies
if ordered to collect guns by Congress or the
president.
*sorry for the way this appears, I just cut and copied and I have to be really fast so my computer doesn't hang up (trouble with phone comp. and the computer). But, you get the jest of what she wants. Time to be disobediant to our masters.
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