Three Senate Democrats plan to introduce legislation that would require residents to obtain a Justice Department license before buying a firearm.
The bill, crafted by Sens. Cory Booker, Bob Menendez, and Richard Blumenthal, would also raise the legal age for obtaining a firearm to 21 years old.
The Hill reports:
According to the bill text, the Federal Firearm Licensing Act will require residents to complete a written firearm safety test and hands-on testing, which includes firing testing, to get the license to acquire a firearm.
The license will also require those wanting to buy a gun to submit a criminal background check, fingerprints and proof of identity.
In a statement to Politico, which first reported the legislation, Booker said this is the time to “enact ambitious legislation” on this ongoing issue.
“This is the moment to enact ambitious legislation – as a nation, we must rise to it, or we are fated to witness the deadly scenes of this past weekend and years past over again,” Booker said in a statement.
The bill is nearly certain to fail due to Republican opposition but underscores the extreme lengths some Democrats will go to in regard to gun control legislation
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I propose a Necktie Party for some Politicians seeking to Infringe upon the 2nd Amendment.
So somebody tell me…what is the point of having another law requiring a person to pass a criminal background check & ID to purchase a firearm? It’s already required to have those things before purchasing a gun.
A ploy to obtain a record of owners so confiscation would be easier for a corrupt government.
You are so right. Law enforcement always takes the EASIEST path when investigating a crime committed with a gun. “Go to the Smith house and question them. They own guns.” Gun owners will be the first ones accused because that’s Law 101.
Gun Control? ,…. maybe we should try a COMPLETELY NEW METHOD ,…. Criminal Control,…. shoot someone ?,…. get shot !,…. basically an Eye for An Eye,…. lets try that first,…. No Parole for murder,manslaughter,Rape,child molestation,…. and such crimes!,…. and no more A/C, or color television, or slacking around, If you do the Crime you do the Time, and at Hard labor, You Will work or you will Not eat, and you will do your full sentence,….
That’s their answer to the crime problem! How about catch the criminal, prosecute and send to jail. Never had a gun that fired itself! It’s not the gun dummy, it’s the individual. Damn, I must be racist!
What happened to the Constitutional phrase that says, “…shall not be infringed…”???
Time to off the democrats in Civil War ll. Can’t wait much longer as the scum plan to disarm us all.
This is completely unconstitutional and being proposed by democrats who don’t believe in or respect the U.S. Constitution.
I’m sure all the bad guys will want to sign up up. What a bunch of dumb asses.
what we need is for all Politicians to take a test on how much they know about our constitutional rights and their duties to the people of the USA before they run for office and their scores are made public get rid of the idiots in D C
THEY CANNOT OVERTURN OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR 2ND AMMENDMENT!! THESE GUN GRABBING MONGRELS DON’T PLAN TO GIVE UP THEIR GUNS NOR DO THE HAS BEEN SO CALLED PEDO CELIBRITIES TO GIVE UP THEIR ARMED SECURITY, SO WHY SHOULD WE?!! THIS IS ONE THING THESE TYRANICAL DOGS WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS HITLER PLAYBOOK!! THEIR END IS COMING AND IT WON’T BE PLEASENT!!!