Posted on 06/11/2021 5:59:07 AM PDT by PROCON
A group of Democrats in Congress this month have filed legislation that seeks to set new, much more restrictive standards for even the most basic handgun ownership in the United States.
Plainly titled the Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2021, the proposal would require that any handgun owner be at least 21 years of age. Before their mandatory license is issued for a pistol or revolver, would-be handgun owners would first complete approved firearms training and clear a background check after submitting fingerprints and photographs. Licenses would have to be renewed every five years.
“Our government requires registration and basic standards for voting, operating a vehicle, even opening a business," said U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a New Jersey Democrat who is a sponsor of the bill. "Yet, for weapons created with the single intent to take a life, we have developed a dangerous aversion to any mechanism to understand where and with whom these weapons reside."
Going past the licensing requirement, the bill would direct the U.S. Attorney General to establish a system for the "registration of all handguns owned, possessed, or controlled in the United States."
Penalties for non-compliance would include fines and the possibility of imprisonment.
The glaring problem with implementation is that the proposal's scope may be impossible due to the simple scale of how many handguns are in American homes.
In 2009, federal regulators estimated there were at least 114 million handguns in circulation among consumers in the U.S., making them the most popular type of firearm in homes across the nation. Since then, those numbers have only climbed. According to the latest production figures, 3.6 million pistols and revolvers were produced in 2019 alone, not counting imports, homemade guns, or those crafted by individuals for personal use.
Watson Coleman's bill has been filed as H.R. 3740 and has seven co-sponsors, all Democrats. It has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Similar measures that have been filed earlier this year include U.S. Rep Sheila Jackson Lee's H.R. 127, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen's S. 770.
Republicans should file an amendment to the bill requiring anyone who wishes to voice or write an opinion to register with the Ministry of Truth, and to complete a mandatory course in correct thinking.
Canada tried this...filed
FAILED
I detest attitudes such as Watson Coleman possesses.
Joycelyn Elders still hasn’t figured out how to make safer guns and safer bullets.
The Democrats file all kinds of crazy stuff every year.
Interesting numbers.
Not all revolvers are pistols...
https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting-gear-gun-supplies/rifles/rifles/c/cat-revolver-rifles
No, they aren’t.
Both are guns. Revolvers and pistols are different. It’s how to differentiate between my .22 magnum revolver and my .40 Springfield XD pistol.
That said, they can double pound sand.
When revolvers were first invented, they were sometimes referred to as “revolving pistols”.
There's always a group of Dems willing to throw down un-Constitutional legislation...it's a trial balloon. If it lands with a thud, Dem leadership can walk away from it. If it has any sort of traction, it could become law (albeit one that would be challenged) overnight.
Registration always precedes confiscation.
Not on federal firearms paperwork.
Revolvers and pistols are listed differently.
Politicans try and take away your guns because they intend to do something you’d want to shoot them for.
It is as if they don’t understand this would cause a bloody full Civil War II that they would lose.
They don’t have a clue about how long this would take or maybe they do. You just know they are talking about a $200 tax stamp and a form 4 application. It takes them months just to approve one. Can you imagine how long this would take? Which of course is the whole point.
What part of "shall not infringe" does the above comply with?
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