Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019

The bill;
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-...se-bill/8/text

Quote:

“(t) (1) (A) It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to transfer a firearm to any other person who is not so licensed, unless a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer has first taken possession of the firearm for the purpose of complying with subsection (s). “(B) Upon taking possession of a firearm under subparagraph (A), a licensee shall comply with all requirements of this chapter as if the licensee were transferring the firearm from the inventory of the licensee to the unlicensed transferee.

In other words if I sell a gun to an unlicensed person I have to bring it to a licensed dealer to facilitate the transfer. It is somewhat like the WA state bill I was commenting on a while back, but not as stupid. H.R. 8 would allow me to let a friend shoot one of my guns while I watch without transferring it to him/her. Until they got rid of that ridiculous part of the WA RCW, letting a friend shoot my gun at the range could have been a felony.

There was much ado about one of the amendments which would require that ICE be notified if an illegal alien tried to buy a gun.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem...kground-checks

Quote:

“Clearly, the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee don’t care about preventing gun violence, they simply are playing politics with Americans’ Second Amendment rights,” Steube, a Republican, said after the vote. “The fact that Democrats do not want law enforcement notified if an individual attempting to purchase a firearm fails a background check is truly troubling.” He continued: “In rejecting this amendment, the Democrats have shown their true colors. It is clear they are not interested in preventing gun violence or stopping the illegal purchase of firearms, but rather they are only interested in limiting the rights of law-abiding citizens to advance their own political agenda."

But the amendment was eventually approved.
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/27/69851...l-in-2-decades

Quote:

Just before the bill's final passage, a handful of Democrats broke ranks and joined Republicans in getting an amendment added. It requires federal immigration officials to be contacted in the event someone in the U.S. illegally tries to buy a gun.

This is a no-brainer, but it doesn't go far enough. Anyone who lies on the 4473 and fails the NICS check should be the subject of a phone call to the police so they can be arrested and their written confession (form 4473) used against them at trial. :)

I don't think this bill has the votes to pass the Senate. Trump is in my opinion likely to sign the bill if it passes the Senate.

Ranb

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