Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2003 (Introduced in House)

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[RogueIsland]

Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2003 (Introduced in House)

HR 124 IH

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 124

To provide for the mandatory licensing and registration of handguns.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 7, 2003

Mr. HOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To provide for the mandatory licensing and registration of handguns.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2003'.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL HANDGUN LICENSING AND REGISTRATION SYSTEM TO APPLY IN ANY STATE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A HANDGUN LICENSING AND REGISTRATION SYSTEM THAT MEETS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

`Sec. 931. Licensing and registration of handguns

`(a)(1) The Attorney General shall establish a Federal system for the licensing and registration of all handguns owned, possessed, or controlled in the United States, which shall include a method for easily retrieving information sufficient to identify--

`(A) each resident of a State to which this subsection applies who owns, possesses, or controls a handgun; and

`(B) the handgun.

`(2) It shall be unlawful for a person to own, possess, or control a handgun in a State to which this subsection applies unless the person--

`(A) is licensed to do so by the system established pursuant to paragraph (1); and

`(B) has registered the handgun with a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency.

`(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in a State if there is in effect a certification by the Attorney General that the State has in effect a system for the licensing and registration of handguns owned, possessed, or controlled in the State that--

`(1) includes a method for easily retrieving information sufficient to identify--

`(A) each resident of the State who owns, possesses, or controls a handgun in the State; and

`(B) the handgun; and

`(2) at a minimum, imposes criminal penalties on any person who owns, possesses, or controls a handgun in the State, and who--

`(i) has not completed training in firearms safety;

`(ii) is not licensed by the State to possess a handgun; or

`(iii) has not registered the handgun with a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency.

`(c) A certification under subsection (b) with respect to a State shall have no force or effect on or after the date the Attorney General finds, after an opportunity for a hearing on the record, that the State does not have in effect the system described in subsection (b).

`(d) The Attorney General shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.'.

(b) PENALTIES- Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(7) Whoever knowingly violates section 931(a)(2) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not less than 15 years, or both. The court shall not suspend a sentence of imprisonment imposed under this paragraph or impose a probationary sentence under this paragraph.'.

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The table of sections for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

`931. Licensing and registration of handguns.'.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to conduct engaged in after the 2-year period that begins with the date of the enactment of this Act.

[wardaddy]

Lampost fodder...

[basil]

Because that would make too much sense! We can't have a whole lot of good sense going on out there--wouldn't be prudent!

Yes'm I'm planning to be at the SAS booth at CPAC. Hope to see you there.

[Squantos]

OK ....thats 4 words in two posts tonight......cabin fever ?:o)

[PatrioticAmerican]

bump

[PatrioticAmerican]

"In short, this is the equivalent of a death penalty against Free Americans for exercising our Rights."

Don't you mena a death penalty for those who try to enact or enforce it?

[Mulder]

Don't you mena a death penalty for those who try to enact or enforce it?

By raising the stakes to an "effective death penalty" against American citizens, those who attempt to overthrow the Bill of Rights will be inviting a response of a similar magnitude.

[Mulder]

This is a bill that, if enacted, amounts to a civil war and, as I said, the free Americans are already armed.

80 million armed Americans against 10,000 enforcers.

I know who my money will be on.

[Travis McGee]

If and when that time comes, massive non-compliance will be the first step in our defense. What follows is largely up to the cowards who draft such tyranny.

Roger that. This is my fictional vision of how that could come to pass: Enemies Foreign And Domestic. The first third of the book is listed under excerpts.

[Travis McGee]

Yessir, roger that!

[Travis McGee]

Well at least these morons are providing nice lists for future reference.

[Travis McGee]

VISUALIZE TRAITORS HANGING FROM LAMP POSTS.

[Travis McGee]

[wardaddy]

OK ....thats 4 words in two posts tonight......cabin fever ?:o)

Company....including a liberal chick girlfriend of one of my buddies.

She's been a good sport though with all my gory pontificating about deer "murdering".....her and Mrs Wardaddy had linguine with marinara sauce plain....we hombres of course had fresh ground venison in ours...

We still have a decent snow cover and my company had to walk up the hill to my shack but it reached a balmy 35 today.

I don't think this exact gun grabbing shite will go anywhere but I'm just angry the jerkoffs have the chutzpah to even try.

[Travis McGee]

Nice tagline! LOL!

[Noumenon]

That they are.

[Optimist]

This bill is DOA

I thought a bill needed a co-sponsor from the majority party to move forward - or is that the practical matter that you were making a point of?

[river rat]

I'm gonna stay here, nice and quiet in my spyder hole -- and just keep an eye on things..

There are some real lunatics out there.....and it looks like they're going to save me the trouble-----by coming to me this time.

Semper Fi

[wardaddy]

#53 was for you partner....

kids...your brain on the devil's weed...25 years later..lol...you've been warned.

[Squantos]

Hopefully they are placating their constituents with this socialist shit and shineola........ We can't aford to take such a chance can we. I'll ping ya to a counter effort by a great Texan name of Ron Paul.........

Italian dinner eh ? Best 4 years of stuffing my yap with food was when I was stationed at Aviano, Ghedi and Brindisi in Italy.

Ciao Copo !

[goldstategop]

hehehe... I don't think Tony Soprano likes this... (sotto Tony's voiceover:) Whassa the hell's wrong with America?? This isn't the country it used to be. They accuse me of being involved in crime but when it comes to them they assault the rights of law-abiding citizens right in their face. Gimme a break. The last thing on Earth the USA needs is to be Canadianified.