What "New Gun Legislation" is being proposed?

[bushmaster1313]

This is not bait for political rants.

What besides universal NICS checks is being proposed in the name of "stricter gun control."

 

[Ozark Marine]

All I know is my asking price on the stuff I'll be bringing to the next gun show will be going up.

 

[CoMF]

Firearms and explosives Bills - GovTrack.us

Happy sifting.

 

[Ozark Marine]

Firearms and explosives Bills - GovTrack.us

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Interesting.

 

[CoMF]

Interesting.

Indeed. I love GovTrack for keeping tabs on Congress.

From the looks of it, the most recent bill to give us reason for concern is H.R. 2732 and its sister bill S. 1751 (Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act).

 

[chmpco]

Firearms and explosives Bills - GovTrack.us

Happy sifting.

Man that rep from Texas puts some **** in committee.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Firearms and explosives Bills - GovTrack.us

Happy sifting.

Useful link

 

[ladder13]

"Common sense"

 

[GaryS]

Nothing that will ever see the light of day. Lots of posturing and speechifying, but nothing else.

 

[Warren Sear]

"Common sense"

A euphemism for "total ban".

 

[redlevel]

Maybe I'll get dinged for this, but I do believe it is a legitimate item for a 2nd Amendment discussion:

I guess it wasn't a "proposal" in the strictest sense, but the President of the United States just suggested that we should adopt gun control laws similar to those in Australia and Great Britain.

His words:

"We know that other countries, in response to one mass shooting, have been able to craft laws that almost eliminate mass shootings," the president said. "Friends of ours, allies of ours — Great Britain, Australia, countries like ours. So we know there are ways to prevent it."

This is very disturbing to me.

 

[jimbo728]

Aussies and Brits guns were consficated and destroyed.
Gun laws here serve no other purpose than to make felons out of law abiding gun owners.
Just an empty mag in common sense gun law states will get you hard time.
And the administration releases bad guys.
This is not a political rant.
It is the truth.
Jim

 

[ladder13]

It's for the children.

 

[sheepdawg]

Hillary proposes to do away with the law protecting the gun manufactures from lawsuits filed by people effected by gun violence if elected.

Bernie Sanders said on CNN, Now… if somebody has a gun, and it falls into the hands of a murderer, and that murderer kills somebody with the gun, do you hold the gun manufacturer responsible? Not any more than you would hold a hammer company responsible if somebody beats somebody over the head with a hammer. That is not what a lawsuit should be about.

 

[palmetto99]

Our federal government can't get a handle on 12 million "undocumented immigrants", how do they think they will get a handle on 300 million firearms? While I do believe there is some sincere emotion expressed, I do agree that most of it is bluster for the party bases.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Let's keep this politics free

 

[DWalt]

"What besides universal NICS checks is being proposed in the name of "stricter gun control." "

My guess is that a tactic high on someone's list will be to shut down NICS indefinitely on some phony pretext - such as it needs more study in light of the Oregon Massacre, etc. to see if it can be improved. No NICS = No legal gun sales.

 

[redlevel]

Let's keep this politics free

You asked about, in your words, "new gun legislation."
Proposing and passing any kind of legislation is a political
function. You probably need to get admins to close the
thread if you don't want politics involved.

 

[Ozark Marine]

Hillary proposes to do away with the law protecting the gun manufactures from lawsuits filed by people effected by gun violence if elected.

Bernie Sanders said on CNN, Now… if somebody has a gun, and it falls into the hands of a murderer, and that murderer kills somebody with the gun, do you hold the gun manufacturer responsible? Not any more than you would hold a hammer company responsible if somebody beats somebody over the head with a hammer. That is not what a lawsuit should be about.[/QUOTE

At least some of them are gun owners. Even NRA members. That's what really gets Hillary hot.

 

[k22fan]

[...] What besides universal NICS checks is being proposed in the name of "stricter gun control."

We can hope nothing new will pass at the federal level because older legislators have not forgotten 1994 and younger ones saw how the post Sandy Hook gun control push influenced the last election.

New local laws are a more immediate concern. Claiming it falls under their taxing authority and there fore does not defy Washington State's preemption of gun laws the Seattle City Council just passed a 5 cent per "bullet" tax. NPR's hosts are advocating high taxes on "bullets." They were proposing $7 to $8 per "bullet." I've not heard them say anything that indicates they know the difference between a bullet or a cartridge and I have not looked up whether Seattle's tax hits reloaders. Seattle's new law also adds a $25 tax on gun sales but that is not as important as taxing .22 LR.