Well it begins

[tsubaki]

This is the end of private ownership of firearms in our country if passed.
H.R.45

Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (Introduced in House)
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

• (a) Findings- Congress finds that--

• • (1) the manufacture, distribution, and importation of firearms is inherently commercial in nature;

• • (2) firearms regularly move in interstate commerce;

• • (3) to the extent that firearms trafficking is intrastate in nature, it arises out of and is substantially connected with a commercial transaction, which, when viewed in the aggregate, substantially affects interstate commerce;

• • (4) because the intrastate and interstate trafficking of firearms are so commingled, full regulation of interstate commerce requires the incidental regulation of intrastate commerce;

• • (5) gun violence in the United States is associated with the majority of homicides, over half the suicides, and two-thirds of non-fatal violent injuries; and

• • (6) on the afternoon of May 10, 2007, Blair Holt, a junior at Julian High School in Chicago, was killed on a public bus riding home from school when he used his body to shield a girl who was in the line of fire after a young man boarded the bus and started shooting.

• (b) Sense of the Congress- It is the sense of the Congress that--

• • (1) firearms trafficking is prevalent and widespread in and among the States, and it is usually impossible to distinguish between intrastate trafficking and interstate trafficking; and

• • (2) it is in the national interest and within the role of the Federal Government to ensure that the regulation of firearms is uniform among the States, that law enforcement can quickly and effectively trace firearms used in crime, and that firearms owners know how to use and safely store their firearms.

• (c) Purposes- The purposes of this Act and the amendments made by this Act are--

• • (1) to protect the public against the unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with the unrecorded sale or transfer of qualifying firearms to criminals and youth;

• • (2) to ensure that owners of qualifying firearms are knowledgeable in the safe use, handling, and storage of those firearms;

• • (3) to restrict the availability of qualifying firearms to criminals, youth, and other persons prohibited by Federal law from receiving firearms; and

• • (4) to facilitate the tracing of qualifying firearms used in crime by Federal and State law enforcement agencies.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

• (a) In General- In this Act:

• • (1) FIREARM; LICENSED DEALER; LICENSED MANUFACTURER; STATE- The terms `firearm', `licensed dealer', `licensed manufacturer', and `State' have the meanings given those terms in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code.

• • (2) QUALIFYING FIREARM- The term `qualifying firearm' has the meaning given the term in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b) of this section.

• (b) Amendment to Title 18, United States Code- Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

• • `(36) The term `qualifying firearm'--

• • • `(A) means--

• • • • `(i) any handgun; or

• • • • `(ii) any semiautomatic firearm that can accept any detachable ammunition feeding device; and

• • • `(B) does not include any antique.'.

TITLE I--LICENSING

SEC. 101. LICENSING REQUIREMENT.

• Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

• `(aa) Firearm Licensing Requirement-

• • `(1) IN GENERAL- It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to possess a qualifying firearm on or after the applicable date, unless that person has been issued a firearm license--

• • • `(A) under title I of Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009, which license has not been invalidated or revoked under that title; or

• • • `(B) pursuant to a State firearm licensing and record of sale system certified under section 602 of Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009, which license has not been invalidated or revoked under State law.

• • `(2) APPLICABLE DATE- In this subsection, the term `applicable date' means--

• • • `(A) with respect to a qualifying firearm that is acquired by the person before the date of the enactment of Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009, 2 years after such date of enactment; and

• • • `(B) with respect to a qualifying firearm that is acquired by the person on or after the date of the enactment of Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009, 1 year after such date of enactment.'.

[tsubaki]

and for those of you who don't like to read:


H.R.45

Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (Introduced in House)

• • (2) QUALIFYING FIREARM- The term `qualifying firearm' has the meaning given the term in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b) of this section.

• (b) Amendment to Title 18, United States Code- Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

• • `(36) The term `qualifying firearm'--

• • • `(A) means--

• • • • `(i) any handgun; or

• • • • `(ii) any semiautomatic firearm that can accept any detachable ammunition feeding device; and

• • • `(B) does not include any antique.'.

• `(aa) Firearm Licensing Requirement-

• • `(1) IN GENERAL- It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to possess a qualifying firearm on or after the applicable date, unless that person has been issued a firearm license--

[tsubaki]

And don't try to read between the liberal lines and say this is for "gun dealers".
We already have laws in place that the "gun dealers" are having to comply with which is exactly the same as this bill.
This is to make the general population gun owners criminals if not complying to licensing.
This would be a direct second amendment violation if passed.

[nipper]

How does a requirement that a gun be licensed interfere with second amendment rights?

[tsubaki]

The person is to be licensed.
To be licensed you will have to be qualified not disqualified.
Which is in no way the same as a drivers license, had that national argument during the Brady bill fiasco.
And I do wish I was a little articulate when conversing over subjects, I apologize ahead of time for not being able to make a good counterpoint.

[cterrebonne]

when you think about it, more people are killed by cigarettes and alcohol than guns. therefore if i need a gun lisence then we all will need cig and booze liscenses. i like how the guy is using the poor kid that was shot on the school bus as a martyr for his poersonal agenda. Like said above, this is obvious a shoe in to ban all guns. at the end of the day guns do not kill people, people kill people. plus $25 every 5 years. plus i like how if you dont tell the aty gen you moved in 60 days they arrest you. what garbage. what people do not realize is that if there are no guns, people will still be murdered and crimes will still occur.

[Mac_Attack]

Keep posting, I'm not well informed about this. I am a hunter and support our right to own firearms. I don't know what impact the licensing(sp)would have. Post more please! Bill Mac