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Posted on 05/20/2022 5:27:48 AM PDT by Red Badger
Democratic Senators have introduced new gun control legislation that would, among other things, institute a federal license requirement to buy a gun.
Democratic New Jersey Senators Bod Menendez and Cory Booker, and Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal introduced the “Federal Firearm Licensing Act” Thursday. The bill would institute a requirement for gun purchasers to obtain a firearms license through the Department of Justice before buying or receiving a gun.
The text of the bill states in part:
[It] shall be unlawful for any individual to purchase or receive a firearm unless the individual has a valid Federal firearm license.
The bill then outlines the procedure for establishing the license under the Department of Justice, directing the attorney general to establish a system for issuing them. In order to be eligible to obtain the license itself, a prospective licensee must first complete a firearms safety course, which includes “a written test, to demonstrate knowledge of applicable firearms laws; and hands-on testing, including firing testing, to demonstrate safe use and sufficient accuracy of a firearm.” After that, the licensee must pass a federal background check and a criminal history; submit proof of identification; fingerprints; and information about the firearm the licensee intends to buy or obtain, including “make, model, and serial number, and the identity of the firearm seller or transferor.”
As Booker noted in a press release, the federal background check and ID check would require the licensee to be at least 21 years old, effectively raising the legal age of gun ownership to 21.
Under the law, the attorney general would have to approve or deny applications within 30 days, and notify state and local officials of every application. If approved, licenses would be made available at a “designated local office.” Each individual license would be valid to buy one firearm, to be purchased within 30 days of issuance. The licenses would expire five years after the issuance date. The law would also allow the attorney general to deny or revoke the license of anyone he deems “poses a significant danger of bodily injury to self or others by possessing, purchasing, or receiving a firearm.” The bill also includes a provision in which the law would not apply in states that have licensing processes “with substantially similar requirements.”
In addition, the bill makes it illegal to transfer a gun to any person without first being transferred to a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer. It also makes it illegal to sell or transfer a gun to an unlicensed person.
In the Thursday press release, the three senators cited the mass shooting in Buffalo last weekend as the reason for pushing the legislation. A gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others at a grocery store in the city Saturday, allegedly targeting the store because of racial animus, as The Daily Wire reported. “This is the moment to enact ambitious legislation – as a nation, we must rise to it, or we are fated to witness the deadly scenes of this past weekend and years past over again,” said Booker.
“We have a moral obligation to prevent these senseless massacres in our schools, supermarkets, places of worship and shopping malls that are tearing communities and families apart,” added Menendez, calling on Republicans to pass the bill.
“but to prevent the normal, non-violent people from defending themselves against the tyrants”
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Forget Voter ID, how about a federal license to vote? That’s what this is like.
Why would anyone be stupid enough to do that?
If by some miracle this bill were to become law, it will be slapped down by the USSC. The slap-down however, will take years. In the meantime the FedGov will have assessed millions in fees which will never be refunded and collected millions of names, folks that may one day be visited by armed FedGov employees demanding the weapon(s). Unfortunately not all of these citizens will have reported the loss of their weapon(s) during a boating accident.
More stupid pimps and whores masquerading as politicians who are too incompetent and lazy to do anything but.
They think this will shore up their base.
Fewer and fewer people are falling for this form of calling "wolf".
In Printz v. United States (1997),[24] the Court ruled that part of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act violated the Tenth Amendment. The act required state and local law enforcement officials to conduct background checks on people attempting to purchase handguns. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, applied New York v. United States to show that the act violated the Tenth Amendment. Since the act "forced participation of the State's executive in the actual administration of a federal program", it was unconstitutional.
Easy breezy, we got precedent.
Must register all firearms so we know where to come and confiscate them.
Completely unconstitutional.
zero chance of passage, even a lot of democrats wouldn’t support that.
The whole purpose of a member of the “Democratic” party of this era’s progressive socialists is to tear down the Constitution rule of government. Has been ever since Franklin Roosevelt’s control of the association, more and more.
A lot of states are going to fight this.
I sure hope the dem reps from gun friendly states oppose this unconstitutional move.
I don’t see NH complying either.
Sununu may be a RINO in some aspects, but he’s been a staunch defender of gun rights.
True this, and if not, their constituents should know their opinion of the bill.
All congresspersons, especially those who face re-election this year, should be asked state whether or not (yes or no) they support the bill, and give a detailed reasoning as to why their response.
The anti-2A Mark Kelley might be someone to ask for starters.
The Demonicrats in the Senate (along with RINOcrats) continue to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States.
Molon labe, b!tches.
It is NOT about “passing”, it is about making a “record” of the people that vote against it for when their election comes around...
A gunman opened fire during a high school graduation ceremony in Tennessee on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring another, local authorities said.
NO FACTS BEYOND SHOOTING, THREATS HAD HS’s ON HIGH ALERT.
https://conservativefighters.co/news/gunman-opens-fire-at-high-school-graduation-ceremony/
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