Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003 (Introduced in House)

http://thomas.loc.gov ^ | May 8, 2003 | US GOVERNMENT

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2003

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF SUNSET.

Section 110105 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended--

(1) by striking `--' and all that follows through `(1)'; and

(2) by striking `; and' and all that follows through `that date'.

SEC. 4. GRANDFATHER PROVISIONS.

Section 922(v)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by inserting `(A)' after `(2)';

(2) by striking `on the date of the enactment of this subsection' and inserting `as of September 13, 1994'; and

(3) by adding after and below the end the following:

`(B) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any firearm the possession or transfer of which would (but for this subparagraph) be unlawful by reason of this subsection, and which is otherwise lawfully possessed on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph.'.

SEC. 5. REPEAL OF CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS.

Section 922(v)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking `(3)' and all that follows through the 1st sentence and inserting the following:

`(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any firearm that--

`(A) is manually operated by bolt, pump, level, or slide action;

`(B) has been rendered permanently inoperable; or

`(C) is an antique firearm.'.

SEC. 6. REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THE TRANSFER OF LAWFULLY POSSESSED SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.

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

`(5) It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer a semiautomatic assault weapon to which paragraph (1) does not apply, except through--

`(A) a licensed dealer, and for purposes of subsection (t) in the case of such a transfer, the weapon shall be considered to be transferred from the business inventory of the licensed dealer and the dealer shall be considered to be the transferor; or

`(B) a State or local law enforcement agency if the transfer is made in accordance with the procedures provided for in subsection (t) of this section and section 923(g).

`(6) The Attorney General shall establish and maintain, in a timely manner, a record of the make, model, and date of manufacture of any semiautomatic assault weapon which the Attorney General is made aware has been used in relation to a crime under Federal or State law, and the nature and circumstances of the crime involved, including the outcome of relevant criminal investigations and proceedings. The Attorney General shall annually submit the record to the Congress and make the record available to the general public.'.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

From the Ted Nugent Talkback board

Ban every gun made to lawfully comply with the Clinton ban. The Clinton ban arbitrarily dictated the kinds of grips, stocks and attachments that new guns could have. Manufacturers complied. New guns were made to conform to the Clinton restrictions. Now prohibitionists want to ban the new guns, too.

Ban guns the Clinton legislation expressly exempted from prohibition. This includes Ruger Mini-14s, Ranch Rifles, and .30 Caliber Carbines, and entire classes of guns, including fixed magazine rifles, as well as shotguns that hold under five rounds.

Ban guns widely used for target shooting. It bans the three center-fire rifles most commonly used for marksmanship competitions: the Colt AR-15, the Springfield M1A, and the M1 "Garand."

Ban all semi-automatic shotguns: Remingtons, Winchesters, Benellis, Berettas, etc., widely used for hunting, trap, skeet, and sporting clays, by banning their receivers (main component).

Ban guns for defense. Bans any semi-automatic rifle or shotgun any U.S. Attorney General one day claims is not "sporting," even though self-defense is a fundamental right and the federal constitution, the constitutions of 44 states, and the laws of all 50 states recognize the right to use guns for defense.

Ban 68 named guns (Clinton ban named 19 guns); Ban parts used to repair or refurbish guns, including frames or receivers; Ban importation of ammunition magazines exempt under Clinton ban; Ban private sales of millions of guns, their frames and receivers, and their parts; Ban semi-automatic rifles under 30" long (useful for home defense); Ban all semi-automatic rifles that can hold more than 10 rounds.

Ban guns rarely used in crime. State and local law enforcement agency reports have always shown that guns on the Clinton and Conyers/McCarthy ban lists have never been used in more than a small percentage of violent crime. The Congressionally-mandated study of the Clinton law concluded that guns it banned "were never used in more than a fraction of all gun murders." But even if they were, are the rights and liberties of law-abiding citizens to be dictated by the acts of criminals?

Begin "backdoor" registration. Requires manufacturers of banned guns, frames, receivers, and parts to report the names of their dealers, and requires dealers to report any of those parts they have in stock. The next step is obvious-demanding the names of gun owners who buy those parts.

Please contact your U.S. Representative at (202) 224-3121 or by using the "Write Your Representatives" feature and urge them to oppose any attempt to keep alive the Clinton gun ban.

[BenLurkin]

FMCDH

BLOAT

RKBA

BTTT

[kAcknor]

BANG!

[visualops]

People can write their rep from here:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

I think it's important we write the President as well.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

[follow the money]

H.R.2038
Title: To reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 5/8/2003) Cosponsors: 77
Latest Major Action: 5/8/2003 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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COSPONSORS(77), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 5/8/2003 [NY-5] Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 5/8/2003 [NJ-1]
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. - 5/8/2003 [NY-1] Rep Blumenauer, Earl - 5/8/2003 [OR-3]
Rep Brady, Robert - 5/8/2003 [PA-1] Rep Brown, Corrine - 5/8/2003 [FL-3]
Rep Capps, Lois - 5/19/2003 [CA-23] Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 5/8/2003 [MA-8]
Rep Carson, Julia - 5/8/2003 [IN-7] Rep Case, Ed - 5/8/2003 [HI-2]
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 5/8/2003 [MI-14] Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 5/8/2003 [MD-7]
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 5/8/2003 [IL-7] Rep DeGette, Diana - 5/21/2003 [CO-1]
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 5/8/2003 [MA-10] Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 5/8/2003 [CT-3]
Rep Deutsch, Peter - 5/19/2003 [FL-20] Rep Emanuel, Rahm - 5/8/2003 [IL-5]
Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 5/8/2003 [NY-17] Rep Farr, Sam - 5/8/2003 [CA-17]
Rep Fattah, Chaka - 5/8/2003 [PA-2] Rep Frank, Barney - 5/8/2003 [MA-4]
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - 5/8/2003 [AZ-7] Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 5/8/2003 [IL-4]
Rep Harman, Jane - 5/8/2003 [CA-36] Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 5/8/2003 [PA-13]
Rep Holt, Rush D. - 5/8/2003 [NJ-12] Rep Honda, Michael M. - 5/8/2003 [CA-15]
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 5/8/2003 [IL-2] Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 5/8/2003 [TX-18]
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 5/8/2003 [TX-30] Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 5/8/2003 [RI-1]
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 5/19/2003 [OH-10] Rep Langevin, James R. - 5/8/2003 [RI-2]
Rep Lantos, Tom - 5/21/2003 [CA-12] Rep Lee, Barbara - 5/8/2003 [CA-9]
Rep Lewis, John - 5/8/2003 [GA-5] Rep Lipinski, William O. - 5/8/2003 [IL-3]
Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 5/8/2003 [CA-16] Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 5/8/2003 [NY-18]
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 5/8/2003 [NY-14] Rep Markey, Edward J. - 5/8/2003 [MA-7]
Rep McGovern, James P. - 5/8/2003 [MA-3] Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 5/8/2003 [MA-5]
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 5/19/2003 [NY-6] Rep Menendez, Robert - 5/8/2003 [NJ-13]
Rep Miller, George - 5/19/2003 [CA-7] Rep Moran, James P. - 5/8/2003 [VA-8]
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 5/8/2003 [NY-8] Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 5/8/2003 [DC]
Rep Olver, John W. - 5/21/2003 [MA-1] Rep Owens, Major R. - 5/8/2003 [NY-11]
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 5/8/2003 [NJ-8] Rep Payne, Donald M. - 5/8/2003 [NJ-10]
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 5/8/2003 [NY-15] Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 5/8/2003 [NJ-9]
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 5/8/2003 [CA-34] Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 5/8/2003 [IL-1]
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. - 5/8/2003 [CA-39] Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 5/8/2003 [CA-47]
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 5/8/2003 [IL-9] Rep Shays, Christopher - 5/8/2003 [CT-4]
Rep Sherman, Brad - 5/21/2003 [CA-27] Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 5/8/2003 [NJ-4]
Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 5/8/2003 [CA-32] Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 5/8/2003 [CA-13]
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 5/8/2003 [CA-10] Rep Tierney, John F. - 5/8/2003 [MA-6]
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 5/8/2003 [NY-10] Rep Van Hollen, Chris - 5/8/2003 [MD-8]
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 5/8/2003 [NY-12] Rep Waters, Maxine - 5/8/2003 [CA-35]
Rep Watson, Diane E. - 5/8/2003 [CA-33] Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 5/8/2003 [CA-30]
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 5/8/2003 [NY-9] Rep Wexler, Robert - 5/8/2003 [FL-19]
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 5/8/2003 [CA-6]

[SevenDaysInMay]

Ban Homeland Security arms!

Federal agents, since promoted from Ruby Ridge and Mt. Carmel have the powers to protect your families, with MP-5s shown to a little Cuban refugee.

[xm177e2]

The media will be going ape---- over the next few weeks/months to spotlight any crimes committed by people with "assault weapons." This will only encourage psychos who want media attention to go out and shoot people.

[nunya bidness]

I'm sure it's going to die in the house. This is just window dressing.

What a time to waste the bully pulpit and leadership.

[Myrddin]

I see the usual suspects on your list. It looks familiar to the membership role for the Democratic Socialists of America.

[Travis McGee]

I just finished the last chapter of "A HREF ="http://matthewbracken.web.aplus.net/"> my novel today, except for the epilogue.

I think you are right about this bill dying, unless there just happens to be a super Columbine "assault rife massacre" some time before it can be voted on.

Then all bets are off, as a dozen or more linguini spined RINOs will run for cover, and sign it.

[Travis McGee]

Nice LINK there, Travis.

Next time, try it in the preview window first.

[Travis McGee]

They are very kind to provide such a handy list.

[nunya bidness]

Google Dr. Rebecca Peters and stand by for the next massacre.

She's in DC and at the helm of the VPC. There's a bad movie on one of the Turner stations about the North Hollywood shootout (tons of "assault rifles") and it'll give the grabbers attention. In addition, there's the CNN hatchet job sponsored by the Broward County sheriff.

It will happen for real or on the small screen and that's all the public needs to see. This puppy is not going away soon.

[Travis McGee]

I hope that my book deflates the effects of a contrived "assault rifle massacre."

Our side will be able to point to it and say, "Yeah right. We saw this coming a mile away."

[nunya bidness]

Wishful thinking. She's dug in with the Soros crowd deeper than an Alabama tick. They're going to make hay out of this one and most efforts are getting derailed because the House Republican leadership has indicated that it will get spiked.

Keep those cards and letters coming. This one is going to be a barn burner. And an election year issue.

[Travis McGee]

It's going to be interesting to watch it play out. There are more jokers and wild cards in this deck than anything else.

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

To all those who hate the Second Amendment:

Keep your laws off our firearms!

[m&maz]

Had to know this was coming... The -so called- "Patriot Act" was only the first step..
Is Bush better than Gore would have been? Probably, but on the flip side of that coin, would the Republicans have let Gore get away with the erosion of our civil liberties that has takekn place under Bush-Ashcroft? Not without a fight..

[jordan8]

It's for the children senior citizens pigs er, uh, Law Enforcement!

[Ancesthntr]

They are very kind to provide such a handy list.

Gee, I wonder what that means? :>)

To paraphrase Patton, "Bracken, I previewed your book!"