GUNS/BARMS

[Long2Retire]

4 bills introduced since Oct. 1 regarding firearms, all Dem sponsored and all Dem co-sponsored


H.R.3947: Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act of 2017. (introduced 10/04/2017): Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-RI-1). Currently 173 co-sponsors, all Dem.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3947/text

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON POSSESSION OF CERTAIN FIREARM ACCESSORIES.

Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in section 922, by inserting after subsection (u) the following:

“(v) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), on and after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a trigger crank, a bump-fire device, or any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun.

“(2) This subsection does not apply with respect to the importation for, manufacture for, sale to, transfer to, or possession by or under the authority of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof.”; and

(2) in section 924(a)(2), by striking “, or (o)” and inserting “(o), or (v)”.

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The other three:

H.R. 3986: Stopping the Iron Pipeline Act of 2017: Sponsor: Velasquez (D): “Establish a national standard for incorporating a passive identification ability into all firearms sold in the United States.”
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3986/text/ih?format=xml&overview=closed

H.R.3984: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2017: Sponsor:Adam Schiff (d): “Repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.”
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3984

H.R.3962: Bonnie Watson-Coleman (D): Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3962

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Vegas shooting:

We don’t have a ‘motive’.
We don’t have any ballistics reports.
We don’t know how many shooters were involved.
The timeline keeps changing.

But…Quick! Let’s pass a bill for gun control!

This whole thing just stinks to high heaven.