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IRS to REGISTER ALL HANDGUNS via TAX CODE
-----------------------------------------
> >Toll Free Number to CONGRESS: 1-888-449-3511
>>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:SN02099
@@L&summ2=m&
> >
> >Or go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and in By Bill Number, enter S2099
> >
> >Senator Reed (D-RI) has introduced S. 2099, TheHandgun Safety and Registration Act of 2000. Its
stated purpose is: "To amend the Internal Revenue Code
> >of 1986 to require the registration of handguns, and for other purposes."
This particular legislation has so many references toother legislation that it's difficult to figure out what some of it is actually saying. (Once our
> >amendment on "Legislation" is adopted, they would no longer be allowed to insult us in this manner.)
> >However, several provisions are perfectly clear. They are:
> > 1. There will be a $50 tax on the transfer of ownership of a handgun with the identity of the purchaser registered with the IRS.
> >
2. Everyone who owns a handgun will be required to register it with the IRS and pay the $50 tax.
(If you don't register, you automatically become a criminal for doing nothing.)
3. The IRS will post the name and address of all owners of handguns online. (This allows the criminals
to pick the homes to burglarize to steal handguns which are hot, high-priced items on the street. Much,much more profitable than television sets.) (And they
> >wonder why we call them the pro-crime bunch.)
> >
> > Do not forget, there has never been a registration program anywhere in the world that did not lead to confiscation.
> >
This bill has been referred to the FinanceCommittee for consideration.
Request that you do three things on this one.
> >1. Write or call your own Senator.
> >(2) E-mail every member of the Finance Committee.
(Complete list with e-mail addresses is printed below)
> >If he is not from your state, do not include your
> >address. And, please, please, make them individuale-mails.
"Mass" mailings are, generally, ignored.
> >
> >(3) Use the toll free number printed below to call
> >every member of the committee. But before you do, get
> >your Atlas out and pick out the name of a small town
> >in that Senator's State. That's where you live for the
> >purposes of the call.
> >
> >Pay particular attention to Orin Hatch. (Multiple
> >phone calls? Sure.) Earlier this year when he was
> >considering a run for the Presidency he was touting
> >registration.
> >
> > Please send this request out to every list you
> >have. Our boycott of Citibank found its way into a
> >number of different organizations that joined in and
> >you know how well that worked - Citibank caved. Let's
> >do it again.
> >
> >Toll Free Number: 1-888-449-3511
> >
> >Finance Committee Members: (Asterisk indicates that
> >Senator is up for reelection this year. The terms of
> >Mack, Moynihan and Bryan end this year but they are
> >retiring.)
> >
> >
> >*William Roth Jr. (R-DE) - Chairman:
> >comments@roth.senate.gov
> >Charles Grassley (R-IA);
> >chuck_grassley@grassley.senate.gov
> >*Orrin Hatch (R-UT): senator_hatch@hatch.senate.gov
> >Frank Murkowski (R-AK): webmail1@murkowski.senate.gov
> >Don Nickles (R-OK): senator@nickles.senate.gov
> >Phil Gramm (R-TX): phil_gramm@gramm.senate.gov
> >*Trent Lott (R-MS): senatorlott@lott.senate.gov
> >*Jim Jeffords (R-VT): vermont@jeffords.senate.gov
> >Connie Mack (R-FL):connie@mack.senate.gov
> >Fred Thompson
> >(R-TN):senator_thompson@thompson.senate.gov
> >Paul Coverdell (R-GA): qmail@coverdell-cms.senate.gov
> >Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY): senator@dpm.senate.gov
> >Max Baucus (D-MT): max@baucus.senate.gov
> >John Rockefeller IV (D-WV):
> >senator@rockefeller.senate.gov
> >John Breaux (D-LA): senator@breaux.senate.gov
> >*Kent Conrad (D-ND): senator@conrad.senate.gov
> >Bob Graham (D-FL): bob_graham@graham.senate.gov
> >Richard Bryan (D-NV): senator@bryan.senate.gov
> >*J. Robert Kerrey (D-NE): qmail@kerrey-cms.senate.gov
> >*Charles Robb (D-VA): senator@robb.senate.gov
> >
> >
> >Shortcut URL to this page:
> > http://www.onelist.com/community/imadwipap
> >
> >=====
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> >S 2099 IS
> > 106th CONGRESS
> > 2d Session
> > S. 2099
> >
> >To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the registration
> >of handguns, and for other purposes.
> >
> > IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
> > February 24, 2000
> >
> > Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
> >referred to the Committee on Finance.
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > A BILL
> >
> > To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the
> >registration of handguns, and for other purposes.
> > Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
> >of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
> >
> >SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
> > This Act may be cited as the `Handgun Safety and
> >Registration Act of 2000'.
> >
> >SEC. 2. REGISTRATION OF HANDGUNS.
> >a. HANDGUN INCLUDED IN DEFINITION OF FIREARM-
> > 1. IN GENERAL- Section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
> > of 1986 (defining firearm) is amended by striking `and (8) a
> > destructive device' and inserting `(8) a handgun; and (9) a
> > destructive device'.
> > 2. DEFINITION OF HANDGUN- Section 5845 of the Internal
> > Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to definitions) is amended
> > by adding at the end the following:
> > n. HANDGUN-
> > 1. IN GENERAL- The term `handgun' means any weapon
> > (including a starter gun) which--
> > A. is designed to or may be readily converted to
> expel
> > a projectile by the action of an explosive, and
> > B. has a short stock and is designed to be held and
> > fired by the use of a single hand.
> > 2. DISASSEMBLED PARTS INCLUDED- Such term shall also
> > include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, and
> > any combination of parts from which a handgun can be
> > assembled if such parts are in the possession or under
> > the control of a person.
> > 3. EXCLUSION- Such term shall not include a firearm
> > classified as `any other weapon' under subsection
> >(e).'.
> >
> >b. TRANSFER TAX IMPOSED ON HANDGUNS- Section 5811(a) of the
> > Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate) is amended by
> > inserting 'or as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8)' after `section
> > 5845(e)'.
> >
> >c. TAX ON MAKING FIREARMS IMPOSED ON HANDGUNS- Section
> > 5821(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate) is
> > amended by inserting ', except, the tax on any firearm classified as
> >
> > a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) shall be at the rate of $50 for
> > each such firearm made' after `firearm made'.
> >
> >d. IMPORTATION POLICY CONTINUED-
> > 1. IN GENERAL- Section 5844 of the Internal Revenue Code of
> > 1986 (relating to importation) is amended by adding at the end
> > the following: "This section shall not apply to any firearm
> > classified as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8).'.
> > 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 925(d)(3) of title 18, United
> > States Code, is amended by inserting `(without regard to
> > paragraph (8) thereof)' after `section 5845(a)'.
> >
> >e. SHARING OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION WITH STATE AND
> > LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES-
> > 1. IN GENERAL- Section 6103(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of
> > 1986 (relating to disclosure of returns and return information
> > with respect to certain taxes) is amended by adding at the end
> > the following:
> > '(3) TAXES IMPOSED ON TRANSFER OF HANDGUNS- Returns
> > and return information with respect to taxes imposed by part
> >II
> > of subchapter A of chapter 53 (relating to tax on transferring
> > firearms) on any firearm classified as a handgun under section
> > 5845(a)(8) shall be available in an on-line format for
> inspection
> > by or disclosure to officers and employees of--
> > `(A) any Federal law enforcement agency, and
> > `(B) any State or local law enforcement agency, whose official
> > duties require such inspection or disclosure.'.
> > 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS- Section 6103(p)(4) of the Internal
> > Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
> > (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
> > (i) by striking `or (o)(1)' and inserting `(o)(1), or
> >(o)(3)(A)',
> > (ii) by striking `or (l)(6)' and inserting `(l)(6)',
> > (iii) by inserting `or (o)(3)(B),' after `(16),', and
> > (B) in subparagraph (F)(i)--
> > (i) by striking `or (l)(6)' and inserting `(l)(6)', and
> > (ii) by inserting `or (o)(3)(B),' after `(16),', and
> > (C) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by striking `or (o)(1)' and
> > inserting `, (o)(1), or (o)(3)(A)'.
> >
> >f. TRANSITION RULE FOR NONREGISTERED HANDGUNS-
> > 1. IN GENERAL- Any person possessing any firearm classified
> > as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) of the Internal
> > Revenue Code of 1986 not registered in the National Firearms
> > Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the Secretary
> > of the Treasury under section 5841 of such Code shall register
> > such handgun--
> > A. within 1 year of the date of the enactment of this Act, or
> > B. upon the transfer of such handgun before such 1 year
> > anniversary date.
> > 2. TREATMENT OF REGISTRATION AS TRANSFER- For purposes
> > of any tax imposed by part II of subchapter A of chapter 53 of
> > the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to tax on
> transferring
> > firearms) on any firearm classified as a handgun under section
> > 5845(a)(8) of such Code, any registration of such handgun under
> > paragraph (1)(A) shall be considered a transfer of such handgun.
> > 3. NONAPPLICATION OF PENALTY- Section 5861(d) of the Internal
> > Revenue Code of 1986 shall not apply with respect to the
> > possession of any handgun before the date of the registration
> > of such handgun under paragraph (1).
> >
> >g. PROVISION OF REGISTRATION FORMS-
> > 1. AVAILABILITY- To promote and assist compliance with the
> > handgun registration requirements under the Internal Revenue
> > Code of 1986, as amended by this section, the Secretary of the
> > Treasury shall make available such registration and fingerprint
> > forms as may be required by the public for compliance with such
> > requirements--
> > A. to State and local law enforcement agencies and facilities
> of
> > the Department of the Treasury throughout the States, the
> > United States Postal Service, and such other agencies and
> > departments of the Federal Government as the Secretary
> > determines would aid in making such forms available to the
> > public; and
> > B. through the Internet in a downloadable format.
> > 2. SINGLE FORM- The Secretary of the Treasury shall make
> > available registration forms that allow an individual to
> register
> > the possession or transfer of more than 1 firearm classified as
> > a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) of the Internal Revenue
> > Code of 1986 on a single form.
> > h. PROGRAM OF PUBLIC AWARENESS- Within 60 days after
> > the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
> > Treasury shall commence a program to broaden public
> > awareness of the handgun registration requirements under
> > the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this
> > section. Such program may include voluntary cooperative
> > efforts with Federal, State, and local law enforcement
> > agencies and public service announcements as deemed
> > appropriate by the Secretary.
> > i. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There are authorized
> > to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the
> > Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the provisions of and
> > amendments made by this Act.
> >
> >j. EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall take
> > effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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TH wrote:
> OMEGA GROUP - http://www.afn.org/~mpress/csa
IRS to REGISTER ALL HANDGUNS via TAX CODE
-----------------------------------------
> >Toll Free Number to CONGRESS: 1-888-449-3511
>>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:SN02099
@@L&summ2=m&> >
> >Or go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and in By Bill Number, enter S2099
> >
> >Senator Reed (D-RI) has introduced S. 2099, TheHandgun Safety and Registration Act of 2000. Its
stated purpose is: "To amend the Internal Revenue Code
> >of 1986 to require the registration of handguns, and for other purposes."
This particular legislation has so many references toother legislation that it's difficult to figure out what some of it is actually saying. (Once our
> >amendment on "Legislation" is adopted, they would no longer be allowed to insult us in this manner.)
> >However, several provisions are perfectly clear. They are:
> > 1. There will be a $50 tax on the transfer of ownership of a handgun with the identity of the purchaser registered with the IRS.
> >
2. Everyone who owns a handgun will be required to register it with the IRS and pay the $50 tax.
(If you don't register, you automatically become a criminal for doing nothing.)
3. The IRS will post the name and address of all owners of handguns online. (This allows the criminals
to pick the homes to burglarize to steal handguns which are hot, high-priced items on the street. Much,much more profitable than television sets.) (And they
> >wonder why we call them the pro-crime bunch.)
> >
> > Do not forget, there has never been a registration program anywhere in the world that did not lead to confiscation.
> >
This bill has been referred to the FinanceCommittee for consideration.
Request that you do three things on this one.
> >1. Write or call your own Senator.
> >(2) E-mail every member of the Finance Committee.
(Complete list with e-mail addresses is printed below)
> >If he is not from your state, do not include your
> >address. And, please, please, make them individuale-mails.
"Mass" mailings are, generally, ignored.
> >
> >(3) Use the toll free number printed below to call
> >every member of the committee. But before you do, get
> >your Atlas out and pick out the name of a small town
> >in that Senator's State. That's where you live for the
> >purposes of the call.
> >
> >Pay particular attention to Orin Hatch. (Multiple
> >phone calls? Sure.) Earlier this year when he was
> >considering a run for the Presidency he was touting
> >registration.
> >
> > Please send this request out to every list you
> >have. Our boycott of Citibank found its way into a
> >number of different organizations that joined in and
> >you know how well that worked - Citibank caved. Let's
> >do it again.
> >
> >Toll Free Number: 1-888-449-3511
> >
> >Finance Committee Members: (Asterisk indicates that
> >Senator is up for reelection this year. The terms of
> >Mack, Moynihan and Bryan end this year but they are
> >retiring.)
> >
> >
> >*William Roth Jr. (R-DE) - Chairman:
> >comments@roth.senate.gov
> >Charles Grassley (R-IA);
> >chuck_grassley@grassley.senate.gov
> >*Orrin Hatch (R-UT): senator_hatch@hatch.senate.gov
> >Frank Murkowski (R-AK): webmail1@murkowski.senate.gov
> >Don Nickles (R-OK): senator@nickles.senate.gov
> >Phil Gramm (R-TX): phil_gramm@gramm.senate.gov
> >*Trent Lott (R-MS): senatorlott@lott.senate.gov
> >*Jim Jeffords (R-VT): vermont@jeffords.senate.gov
> >Connie Mack (R-FL):connie@mack.senate.gov
> >Fred Thompson
> >(R-TN):senator_thompson@thompson.senate.gov
> >Paul Coverdell (R-GA): qmail@coverdell-cms.senate.gov
> >Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY): senator@dpm.senate.gov
> >Max Baucus (D-MT): max@baucus.senate.gov
> >John Rockefeller IV (D-WV):
> >senator@rockefeller.senate.gov
> >John Breaux (D-LA): senator@breaux.senate.gov
> >*Kent Conrad (D-ND): senator@conrad.senate.gov
> >Bob Graham (D-FL): bob_graham@graham.senate.gov
> >Richard Bryan (D-NV): senator@bryan.senate.gov
> >*J. Robert Kerrey (D-NE): qmail@kerrey-cms.senate.gov
> >*Charles Robb (D-VA): senator@robb.senate.gov
> >
> >
> >Shortcut URL to this page:
> > http://www.onelist.com/community/imadwipap
> >
> >=====
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> >S 2099 IS
> > 106th CONGRESS
> > 2d Session
> > S. 2099
> >
> >To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the registration
> >of handguns, and for other purposes.
> >
> > IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
> > February 24, 2000
> >
> > Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
> >referred to the Committee on Finance.
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > A BILL
> >
> > To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the
> >registration of handguns, and for other purposes.
> > Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
> >of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
> >
> >SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
> > This Act may be cited as the `Handgun Safety and
> >Registration Act of 2000'.
> >
> >SEC. 2. REGISTRATION OF HANDGUNS.
> >a. HANDGUN INCLUDED IN DEFINITION OF FIREARM-
> > 1. IN GENERAL- Section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
> > of 1986 (defining firearm) is amended by striking `and (8) a
> > destructive device' and inserting `(8) a handgun; and (9) a
> > destructive device'.
> > 2. DEFINITION OF HANDGUN- Section 5845 of the Internal
> > Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to definitions) is amended
> > by adding at the end the following:
> > n. HANDGUN-
> > 1. IN GENERAL- The term `handgun' means any weapon
> > (including a starter gun) which--
> > A. is designed to or may be readily converted to
> expel
> > a projectile by the action of an explosive, and
> > B. has a short stock and is designed to be held and
> > fired by the use of a single hand.
> > 2. DISASSEMBLED PARTS INCLUDED- Such term shall also
> > include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, and
> > any combination of parts from which a handgun can be
> > assembled if such parts are in the possession or under
> > the control of a person.
> > 3. EXCLUSION- Such term shall not include a firearm
> > classified as `any other weapon' under subsection
> >(e).'.
> >
> >b. TRANSFER TAX IMPOSED ON HANDGUNS- Section 5811(a) of the
> > Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate) is amended by
> > inserting 'or as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8)' after `section
> > 5845(e)'.
> >
> >c. TAX ON MAKING FIREARMS IMPOSED ON HANDGUNS- Section
> > 5821(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate) is
> > amended by inserting ', except, the tax on any firearm classified as
> >
> > a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) shall be at the rate of $50 for
> > each such firearm made' after `firearm made'.
> >
> >d. IMPORTATION POLICY CONTINUED-
> > 1. IN GENERAL- Section 5844 of the Internal Revenue Code of
> > 1986 (relating to importation) is amended by adding at the end
> > the following: "This section shall not apply to any firearm
> > classified as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8).'.
> > 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 925(d)(3) of title 18, United
> > States Code, is amended by inserting `(without regard to
> > paragraph (8) thereof)' after `section 5845(a)'.
> >
> >e. SHARING OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION WITH STATE AND
> > LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES-
> > 1. IN GENERAL- Section 6103(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of
> > 1986 (relating to disclosure of returns and return information
> > with respect to certain taxes) is amended by adding at the end
> > the following:
> > '(3) TAXES IMPOSED ON TRANSFER OF HANDGUNS- Returns
> > and return information with respect to taxes imposed by part
> >II
> > of subchapter A of chapter 53 (relating to tax on transferring
> > firearms) on any firearm classified as a handgun under section
> > 5845(a)(8) shall be available in an on-line format for
> inspection
> > by or disclosure to officers and employees of--
> > `(A) any Federal law enforcement agency, and
> > `(B) any State or local law enforcement agency, whose official
> > duties require such inspection or disclosure.'.
> > 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS- Section 6103(p)(4) of the Internal
> > Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
> > (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
> > (i) by striking `or (o)(1)' and inserting `(o)(1), or
> >(o)(3)(A)',
> > (ii) by striking `or (l)(6)' and inserting `(l)(6)',
> > (iii) by inserting `or (o)(3)(B),' after `(16),', and
> > (B) in subparagraph (F)(i)--
> > (i) by striking `or (l)(6)' and inserting `(l)(6)', and
> > (ii) by inserting `or (o)(3)(B),' after `(16),', and
> > (C) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by striking `or (o)(1)' and
> > inserting `, (o)(1), or (o)(3)(A)'.
> >
> >f. TRANSITION RULE FOR NONREGISTERED HANDGUNS-
> > 1. IN GENERAL- Any person possessing any firearm classified
> > as a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) of the Internal
> > Revenue Code of 1986 not registered in the National Firearms
> > Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the Secretary
> > of the Treasury under section 5841 of such Code shall register
> > such handgun--
> > A. within 1 year of the date of the enactment of this Act, or
> > B. upon the transfer of such handgun before such 1 year
> > anniversary date.
> > 2. TREATMENT OF REGISTRATION AS TRANSFER- For purposes
> > of any tax imposed by part II of subchapter A of chapter 53 of
> > the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to tax on
> transferring
> > firearms) on any firearm classified as a handgun under section
> > 5845(a)(8) of such Code, any registration of such handgun under
> > paragraph (1)(A) shall be considered a transfer of such handgun.
> > 3. NONAPPLICATION OF PENALTY- Section 5861(d) of the Internal
> > Revenue Code of 1986 shall not apply with respect to the
> > possession of any handgun before the date of the registration
> > of such handgun under paragraph (1).
> >
> >g. PROVISION OF REGISTRATION FORMS-
> > 1. AVAILABILITY- To promote and assist compliance with the
> > handgun registration requirements under the Internal Revenue
> > Code of 1986, as amended by this section, the Secretary of the
> > Treasury shall make available such registration and fingerprint
> > forms as may be required by the public for compliance with such
> > requirements--
> > A. to State and local law enforcement agencies and facilities
> of
> > the Department of the Treasury throughout the States, the
> > United States Postal Service, and such other agencies and
> > departments of the Federal Government as the Secretary
> > determines would aid in making such forms available to the
> > public; and
> > B. through the Internet in a downloadable format.
> > 2. SINGLE FORM- The Secretary of the Treasury shall make
> > available registration forms that allow an individual to
> register
> > the possession or transfer of more than 1 firearm classified as
> > a handgun under section 5845(a)(8) of the Internal Revenue
> > Code of 1986 on a single form.
> > h. PROGRAM OF PUBLIC AWARENESS- Within 60 days after
> > the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
> > Treasury shall commence a program to broaden public
> > awareness of the handgun registration requirements under
> > the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by this
> > section. Such program may include voluntary cooperative
> > efforts with Federal, State, and local law enforcement
> > agencies and public service announcements as deemed
> > appropriate by the Secretary.
> > i. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There are authorized
> > to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the
> > Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the provisions of and
> > amendments made by this Act.
> >
> >j. EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall take
> > effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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