Details

• Sponsor - Cannon
  
• Proposed -  February 16, 2007
• Congressional Record Link - H.R.1141
• Amends - None.
• Amendments - None.
• Vote - None yet.
• Results - No change in law.

Status

February 16, 2007 - Referred to the Judiciary Committee.

March 19, 2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security.

February 16, 2007 - Referred to the Ways and Means Committee.

Synopsis

H.R.1141 defines a 90 day amnesty period whereby veterans and their families can register firearms in the NFA registry as long as the registrant is not in violation of any other provisions of tax law or firearms law.

It also prevents the destruction of firearms that have been forfeited to the federal government for five years. A catalog of available firearms is to be provided to museums and those firearms provided to the museums upon request.

Analysis

It would be interesting to find out what motivated this legislation. It goes not appear to be something that would come out of the clear, blue sky.

We will only say that a repeal of the Hughes Amendment is the appropriate action given its questionable, legislative history.

Only registered users can write comments.
Please login or register.

Powered by AkoComment 2.0!