Posted on 09/14/2019 2:40:24 PM PDT by PROCON
If you need a license to drive a car, you should need a license to buy and possess a gun, said U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a Presidential candidate, and the bills author.
The measure, dubbed the Federal Firearm Licensing Act, would require individuals who want to buy or receive a firearm to first get vetted by and be issued a license from the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to an extensive background check, applicants would have to complete firearms training which must include a written test and hands-on training to ensure safe use and accuracy, and submit fingerprints. Further, the licensee would have to report to DOJ the make, model, and the serial number of the gun being transferred.
The license would have to be renewed every five years, to include refresher training and a subsequent background check. No license, no guns.
According to Bookers office, the bill would also mandate that DOJ regularly conduct checks to ensure that individuals are in compliance with the federal license requirements, and stipulates that the licenses could be revoked if it is felt a gun owner is a threat.
Booker, the former mayor of Newark, has been New Jerseys junior U.S. Senator since 2013. He is currently polling in about 7th place among those vying for the 2020 Democrat Presidential nomination. In May, Booker released his campaign platforms take on gun control, which included a 16-point plan mandating everything from bans on assault weapons to firearms microstamping and gun rationing.
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Uhm no. I am not a dog. And I do not need a license for free speech either.
I don’t think cars are mentioned in the Constitution.
10th Amendment.
The Amendment that defines why every last DNC type are assholes.
Total insanity.
R-s better retain their majority in the Senate and recapture it in the House, or we are all doomed. Literally.
Screw that s.o.b.!
No.
No one needs a license for a constitutional right.
Lets start requiring licenses for abortions. Nowhere in the constitution.
If I need a license to have a firearm then that asshole needs a license to open his mouth and speak.
Having a firearm is my right, driving a car is a privilege and you need to be licensed for that privilege.
Our bill of rights grants us RIGHTS, it doesn’t suggest we have privileges.
No.
need a license to vote? to pay taxes?
I don’t need a license to buy and possess a car.
I don’t need a license to drive a car if I’m not doing so on the public roads.
It’s a constitutional right.
Driving is a privilege.
Jeez, these people!
We should be Licensing and Regulating Presstitutes and Commercial Speech instead. Once the Propaganda is stopped we can talk.
“If you need a license to drive a car, you should need a license to buy and possess a gun,”
Driver’s licenses are state issued licenses. Yet Booker wants this to be a federal gun license. hmmm?
Furthermore, driving is a privilege, firearms are a right.
What about semi-automatic printing presses? Shouldn’t they be licensed?
This does show the kind of crap Democrats will pass if they get power again.
R-s better retain their majority in the Senate and recapture it in the House, or we are all doomed....
we are not doomed we may have to fight for our rights but we are not doomed..if we let them take away our weapons to fight tyranny with, then we are doomed..
Licensing is the first step to confiscation.
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