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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.
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10th Amendment violation.
Not that they care.
Never going to pass
Texas won’t comply
Unconstitutional
Civil War
Crime against our natural rights and humanity
That won’t stop the criminals, as the intention of the dems is to not stop the criminals, but to prevent the normal, non-violent people from defending themselves against the criminals.
And this would stop… what?
The blood dancers are at it again.
” Make no law”
oh i see nothing wrong with this common sensical infringement... oh wait. it is an infringement... hmm. didn’t see that coming.
... shall not be infringed...
This is a violation of the Bill of Rights. I recommend we lock these three POS up. These goofy politicians are out of control and are acting like Nazis.
Yet ID to vote is racist.
Reminding us why the Second Amendment was included in the U.S. Constitution.
Texas won’t comply
Unconstitutional
Civil War
Crime against our natural rights and humanity
Already happened, and I'm still waiting.
Here’s a suggestion for a different law:
[It] shall be unlawful for any individual to make a political comment in oral or written form unless the individual has a note from their Senator, allowing that comment.
If you need a license for it, it’s no longer a right..
It is way past ‘that awkward stage’.
Not going to happen. They can pass whatever “laws” they want, but given the fact that the rats have shown they no longer respect the Supreme Court, they can count on us being ready for them. Let them fear for their lives in their homes and may they hear the lamentations of their weird people on their NPR broadcasts.
I know you post that to show the absurdity of their argument, however, they plan just that.
The democrats ARE the criminals.. When are we going to wise up....
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