S.2938 - Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
117th Congress (2021-2022)
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] (Introduced 10/05/2021)
From the Summary:
TITLE II—FIREARMS
This title makes various changes to federal firearms laws, including to expand background check requirements for persons who are under 21 years of age, to establish new criminal offenses for straw purchasing of firearms and trafficking in firearms, and to extend federal firearms-related restrictions to individuals convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors against dating partners.
(Sec. 12001) This section establishes additional requirements for firearms-related background checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for prospective purchasers who are 18 to 21 years of age.
Specifically, if a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a gun dealer) contacts the NICS to initiate a firearms-related background check on a person who is 18 to 21 years of age, then this section requires the NICS to contact additional record systems—state criminal history or juvenile justice repositories, state custodians of mental health records, and local law enforcement agencies—for possibly disqualifying juvenile records. Current law already requires the NICS to query national data systems for disqualifying records of an individual who is prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm.
Additionally, if cause exists to further investigate a possibly disqualifying juvenile record of a person who is 18 to 21 years of age, then this section allows a firearm transfer to be delayed for up to 10 business days.
The requirement for the NICS to contact additional record systems expires in 10 years.
(Sec. 12002) This section revises the definition of engaged in the business as applicable to a firearms dealer who is required to be federally licensed. Specifically, it provides that a person who sells firearms to predominantly earn a profit (currently, who sells firearms with the principal objective of livelihood and profit) is engaged in the business of dealing in firearms and is therefore required to be federally licensed.
(Sec. 12003) This section allows grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to be used to implement state crisis intervention programs or initiatives, including mental health courts, drug courts, veterans’ courts, and extreme risk protection order programs (i.e., red flag laws).
(Sec. 12004) This section establishes a federal statutory framework to prohibit straw purchasing of firearms, trafficking in firearms, and related conduct.
A violator is subject to criminal and civil penalties, including the seizure and forfeiture of the firearms and ammunition involved in the offense, property constituting or derived from proceeds from the offense, and property used to commit or facilitate the offense.
The section authorizes law enforcement to investigate straw purchasing and trafficking in firearms offenses using wiretaps (i.e., authorized interceptions of wire, electronic, or oral communications) and makes the offenses predicate offenses (i.e., underlying offenses) for prosecutions under the federal money laundering statute and the federal racketeering statute.
(Sec. 12005) This section extends federal firearms-related restrictions to individuals who are convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence against an individual in a current or recent former dating relationship. Currently, the restrictions generally only apply to individuals who are convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor against a co-parent of a child, a current or former spouse, a current or former cohabitant as a spouse, or a person similarly situated to a spouse.
The term dating relationship means a continuing relationship of a serious or intimate nature, as determined based on the length of the relationship, the nature of the relationship, and the frequency and type of interaction between the individuals involved in the relationship.
This section specifies that for individuals who are convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence against a dating partner, the federal firearms-related restrictions apply only to convictions on or after the date of enactment and expire five years after the conviction date if certain conditions are met.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2938
MARK ROBINSON FOR NC GOVERNOR! HERE'S WHY:
I vividly recall his comments to the Greensboro City Council on the 2nd Amendment. Had me on my feet cheering! I shared it several times. (Video of Mark's dynamite 4 minute remarks below.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBEUlJZg5CY
I'll send Mark some $$ and hope others will as well. What's not to love about a black man who scares the pants off the Democrats?
Mark Robinson is solid gold. The Democrats despise him, because he openly believes in God and salvation. They hate him because he is a black self-made Republican. They try to destroy him, because he preaches to the black community that individual self-reliance is all they need to pull themselves up. The education establishment detests him because he wants good education for our children, not good benefits for the teachers’ unions.
Money is pouring in from all over the country to destroy him and his campaign for Governor. He represents the worst nightmare for the Democrat Party, and they are terrified of him. He has two primary opponents, which the Democrats are trying to boost, in order to primary him out. So far, he seems to have majority support among North Carolina grass roots Republicans, but the Republican establishment hates him the same way the Democrats do.
I will be campaigning for him as the cycle progresses. I really hope he is NC's next Governor.