Posted on 05/19/2022 8:30:45 AM PDT by RandFan
A trio of senators plan to introduce legislation on Thursday that will require residents to acquire a Department of Justice (DOJ) license before purchasing or obtaining a legal firearm.
The bill would also raise the legal age for obtaining a firearm to 21 years old.
The bill was introduced by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).
It has virtually no chance of becoming law given GOP opposition, but gives a sense of the breadth of restrictions on gun access that some lawmakers would favor imposing in the wake of years of mass shootings in the nation.
On Saturday, 10 people were killed at a Buffalo supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood by a lone gunman who released a racist screed before the attack that suggested he had targeted African Americans.
According to the bill text, the Federal Firearm Licensing Act will require residents to complete a written firearm safety test and hands-on testing, which includes firing testing, to get the license to acquire a firearm.
The license will also require those wanting to buy a gun to submit a criminal background check, fingerprints, and proof of identity.
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Wouldn’t care if it did, UNCONSTITUTIONAL on the face of it!
THE PEOPLES RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!
The most effective gun control is an attentive father in the home. Check out the profile of the average active shooter.
“So even dead people should be buying guns.”
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Shall not be infringed. What’s so hard about reading the BOR.
Hmmm. If they control the license, they control access. Simple.
Requiring a license is an infringement. They would have to modify the 2nd amendment and then ratified by at least 36 states (which could take 10 years).
The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Licenses are for privileges. Keeping and bearing arms is a constitutional right.
I’m sure they want a license for the 1A as well. Seems they all want to go back to the year 1984.
I thought requiring identification is racist.
Insane Democrats think passing a law that only law-abiding citizens will adhere to will fix the problem. Talk about morons.
SHALL NOT INFRINGE
Not buying/obtaining a license nor am I giving up any firearm. Come and get them, but do not come alone.
Great, more unconstitutional guns laws for me to totally ignore....
I’m utterly positive the “mormons” in the ghettos will be the first ones to line up and obtain permission from the DOJ.../s
As usual, any demoncrat who initiates a gun control bill is only out to hinder the legal gun owners...not the folks in their own constituencies. It is time to become ungovernable.
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