Posted on 01/12/2009 9:26:05 PM PST by correctthought
HR 45, gun licensing act, 1/6/09
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. Sponsor: Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this Act or a state system certified under this Act and such license has not been invalidated or revoked. Prescribes license application, issuance, and renewal requirements.
Prohibits transferring or receiving a qualifying firearm unless the recipient presents a valid firearms license, the license is verified, and the dealer records a tracking authorization number. Prescribes firearms transfer reporting and record keeping requirements. Directs the Attorney General to establish and maintain a federal record of sale system.
Prohibits: (1) transferring a firearm to any person other than a licensee, unless the transfer is processed through a licensed dealer in accordance with national instant criminal background check system requirements, with exceptions; (2) a licensed manufacturer or dealer from failing to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements of this Act; (3) failing to report the loss or theft of the firearm to the Attorney General within 72 hours; (4) failing to report to the Attorney General an address change within 60 days; or (5) keeping a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and ammunition for the firearm, knowingly or recklessly disregarding the risk that a child is capable of gaining access, if a child uses the firearm and causes death or serious bodily injury.
Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of firearms provisions covered by this Act.
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish and maintain a firearm injury information clearinghouse; (2) conduct continuing studies and investigations of firearm-related deaths and injuries; and (3) collect and maintain current production and sales figures of each licensed manufacturer.
Authorizes the Attorney General to certify state firearm licensing or record of sale systems.
If you adopt the “Old School” ways...you become, by definition, Old School. I’m there with you.
Yes, but who will these gun owners target? They won’t be wearing red coats.
placemarker
As for those who think the military will “save” us, I suggest you reconsider. The same psych tactics will be applied to the troops that burn the houses and shoot resisters. It will be framed as something like quarantine, of a deadly virus, terrorists, or saving the polar bears, but when the time comes a lot of people will just follow orders.
All the things that Bush and his ilk pushed through to “save” us, will now be used against us. Do you really think that a network you are describing, much less this site, is secure?
This is why each of us should join the NRA and GOA, and write our representatives every time there is an attempt to take our gun rights away.
It's gonna get ugly. But if not us, then who?
We must not fail.
The big-O is closing gitmo. It’ll have to be a secret liberal torture joint inside the country.
The initial effort will necessarily, and in many cases, unfortunately, be against those poor, unfortunate souls wearing badges and executing the supposed authority of the States's will.
Subsequent efforts, if they are to be successful, will be against those who ordered the actions, or enacted the "laws" that began it all.
We are in for an extended effort, as the opposition has had generations to condition their followers...
That’s true, just as many police will buy into the demonizing of “certain” citizens even if they hold similar views, as I’ve seen myself. Otherwise good, solid people buying into a lie.
My wife and I often laugh at ourselves, tongue in cheek of course, “We have Bibles and guns in the house, do you realize how we will be branded?!?” I’m sure we already are although we live in Texas so not so “different” — yet.
It’s called revolution.
Just keep at it. I’ve seen a big change in the replies I’ve been getting in the past five weeks or so. Before Christmas almost all he replies I got were negative with no attempt to persuade me I was wrong.
That has changed. But it will take time. It took the demrats 50 years to get an unqualified Marxist elected.
Well, we’ll see what sort of back bone the GOP has. All I can say is hope (lol) for the best; prepare for the worse.
Anyhow, they tend to do better as a minority anyway.
There is only one other thing I'd be concerned about, that this is a lightning rod, or a distraction to hide another gun control play.
Or even more devious/ probably paranoid, is these sorts of bills get brought up constantly through out the year to get us fatigued of fighting...... then the real payload gets dropped so to speak.
Hope this is semi coherent, cause I'm really tired.
**rolls eyes**
Let's encourage them in that line of thinking!
**rolls eyes**
Let's NOT encourage them in that line of thinking!
Guess I’m whistling past the graveyard.
The first crime is expensive, the rest are free.
money quote of the day imo...unintended consequencs indeed...
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