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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.
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Now enforce it!
Pass this at the State Level with NO EXCEPTIONS and a 20 year sentence for violations, and Start Arresting and Prosecuting FEDERAL EMPLOYEE’S, there is NO Federal Pardons for STATE CRIMES!!!
I am sure the thugs and gang-bangers will be the first to register their pistols ... /s
***Penalties for non-compliance would include fines and the possibility of imprisonment.***
And where are the prisons to lock up a quarter of the US population?
The US military, National Guard, Police number about 2,500,000 men.
VS.
20,000,000 civilian semi-auto rifle owners, and maybe 75 million other firearm owners, and over 400,000,000 firearms out there. 250,000,000 high cap magazines in private hands.
And the government thinks they can “regulate” that?
I actually might be okay with this provided the license is ‘Shall Issue” and would allow the license holder to carry their weapon ANYWHERE in the United States and it’s territories. That includes government buildings, government lands, schools, sporting arenas, airports, and airplanes.
After all, if a license holder demonstrates firearm proficiency, passes a background check every five years and the government approves the license, they should be considered ‘safe’, right?
Come and take it
Another step closer to our cultural revolution and reeducation camps.
When Pigs Fly.
The Plan since at least 1962, finally articulated in print in 1976. They have just added rifles to the list.
Nelson T. ‘Pete’ Shields
Founder of Handgun Control, Inc.(Now the Brady Center)
“I’m convinced that we have to have federal legislation to build on. We’re going to have to take one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily — given the political realities — going to be very modest.
Of course, it’s true that politicians will then go home and say, ‘This is a great law. The problem is solved.’ And it’s also true that such statements will tend to defuse the gun-control issue for a time.
So then we’ll have to strengthen that law, and then again to strengthen that law, and maybe again and again. Right now, though, we’d be satisfied not with half a loaf but with a slice. Our ultimate goal — total control of handguns in the United States — is going to take time.
My estimate is from seven to ten years. The problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns sold in this country. The second problem is to get them ALL REGISTERED. And the final problem is to make the possession of all handguns and all handgun ammunition — except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors — TOTALLY ILLEGAL.”
-Pete Shields, Chairman and founder, Handgun Control Inc., “A Reporter At Large: Handguns,” The New Yorker, July 26, 1976, 57-58
“Yes, I’m for an outright ban [on handguns].”
-Pete Shields, Chairman emeritus, Handgun Control, Inc., 60 Minutes interview
HCI, around 1984, made a grab for the semi-auto rifles and shotguns, and missed. Then Josh Sugarmann tuned in. This has been the mantra ever since.
“ Assault weapons’ menacing looks, coupled with the public’s confusion over fully-automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons —anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun— can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons.”
– Josh Sugarmann
They’re always trying to reduce crime (allegedly) by going after law abiding citizens. They are politically paralyzed when it comes to actually reducing crime so they turn us into their scapegoat- their bogeyman.
We need to institute Universal Background Checks and Drug Screening for ALL elected officials.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
End of discussion.
“”Penalties for non-compliance would include fines and the possibility of imprisonment.””
They forgot to mention the possibility of death. Enforcement of a law like this could be hazardous to ones health.
Plainly titled the Computer Licensing and Registration Act of 2021, the proposal would require that any computer owner be at least 21 years of age. Before their mandatory license is issued for a PC or Mac, would-be computer owners would first complete approved literacy training and clear a background check after submitting fingerprints and photographs. Licenses would have to be renewed every five years.
Why does the author say “pistols and revolvers”?
Revolvers ARE pistols.
Regardless, they can pound sound.
Inner city utes need not comply.
Ef U, Dems.
It won’t though
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