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    Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress):

    HR 45 IH

    111th CONGRESS

    1st Session

    H. R. 45

    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.

    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

    January 6, 2009

    Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

    A BILL

    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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

    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.

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    Rob1796

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    (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

    Is it just me, or are these people seriously that slow to think that criminals will register their guns?
     

    ducksps

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    Crap, licensing of gun owners is just the next step towards confiscation. Just look at the slow steps taken in Britian and Australia. With this bill they would know who is a legal gun owner and what they have in every state a far as pistols and semi auto rifles.
     

    idleprocess

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    Crap, licensing of gun owners is just the next step towards confiscation. Just look at the slow steps taken in Britian and Australia. With this bill they would know who is a legal gun owner and what they have in every state a far as pistols and semi auto rifles.

    Fantasyland bills like this are filed every year on every possible subject. This one was filed and referred to a committee. It has no cosponsors after more than a week. Given that this would be instantly litigated and probably struck down by every court that saw it, I doubt it will go anywhere other than into the bin without additional congressional action along with the other 95% of bills filed during a legislative session.

    I wouldn't even pay attention to this one unless it attracts cosponsors and is referred to a subcommittee.
     

    ducksps

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    bad news

    With the stimulus bill getting all of the attention I suggest everyone contact their reps in DC. Movement is happening to get this bill through while talk of the economy takes center stage.
     

    MiTX

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    I will be spreading the word too.
    There were some wondering if this would get crammed through while attention was diverted.
     

    MiTX

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    Just FYI...
    It is being sent to Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
    Helloooo?
     
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