Details

• Sponsor - Rush
• Proposed -  June 11, 2007
• Congressional Record Link - H.R.2666
• Amends - None.
• Amendments - None.
• Vote - None yet.
• Results - No change in law.

Status

June 11, 2007 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

July 16, 2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

November 5, 2007 - Sixteen cosponsors. 

Synopsis

From the Congressional Record Summary:

Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2007 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this Act or a state system certified under this Act and such license has not been invalidated or revoked. Prescribes license application, issuance, and renewal requirements.

Prohibits transferring or receiving a qualifying firearm unless the recipient presents a valid firearms license, the license is verified, and the dealer records a tracking authorization number. Prescribes firearms transfer reporting and record keeping requirements. Directs the Attorney General to establish and maintain a federal record of sale system.

Prohibits: (1) transferring a firearm to any person other than a licensee, unless the transfer is processed through a licensed dealer in accordance with national instant criminal background check system requirements, with exceptions; (2) a licensed manufacturer or dealer from failing to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements of this Act; (3) failing to report the loss or theft of the firearm to the Attorney General within 72 hours; (4) failing to report to the Attorney General an address change within 60 days; or (5) keeping a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and ammunition for the firearm, knowingly or recklessly disregarding the risk that a child is capable of gaining access, if a child uses the firearm and causes death or serious bodily injury.

Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of firearms provisions covered by this Act.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish and maintain a firearm injury information clearinghouse; (2) conduct continuing studies and investigations of firearm-related deaths and injuries; and (3) collect and maintain current production and sales figures of each licensed manufacturer.

Authorizes the Attorney General to certify state firearm licensing or record of sale systems.

Analysis

If you believe the Second Amendment confers an individual right, there is nothing here for you. This bill implements the infrastructure and behavioral requirements to implement complete federal registration of all handguns and semiautomatic long guns.

At the outset, all current gun owners would need to get a license, or immediately be in violation of the law. From then all, all transfers would only occur between licensed entities and would be reported to the feds to update their database.

One reason many people do not buy NFA weapons is the inability of the BATFE to maintain an accurate NFRTR. The NFRTR is estimated to hold approximately 120,000 firearms. If the BATFE can not maintain a database of that size, what makes Rush and his cosponsors believe that BATFE can build and maintain a database with 200 million records accurately and in a timely manner.

Remember, if their database is wrong, you could be facing federal felony charges. 

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