`(1) to be given as a bona fide gift to a recipient who provided no service or tangible thing of value to acquire the firearm, unless the person knows or has reason to believe such recipient is prohibited by Federal, State, or local law from possessing, receiving, selling, shipping, transporting, transferring, or otherwise disposing of the firearm;
(bold is mine)
ATF could do ANYTHING with this. They could say that your girlfriend is providing you a "service" in exchange for the .357 you gave her.
Or maybe, late in the reconciliation process after the House passes this bill, the gift exclusion is stricken. We'd be well and truly screwed then, because Zero would sign it without the gift exclusion.
There are whole categories of law that this language violates. The Federal government has no jurisdiction over what commerce happens within a state, but they have gotten rulings (Wickard v. Filburn) that let them do it.
You watch: before long, private transfers will be verboten. This could be the vehicle to get it done.