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 New gun bills are being introduced as we speak following the tragedy
earlier this week at Virginia Tech. Anti-Gun advocates and Carylin
McCarthy are rallying this week as the violent shootings at Virginia
Tech sets the political stage.
Unfortunately, what Carylin McCarthy fails to realize is that it is illegal to carry a firearm on a school campus. In fact is it against school policy to allow firearms in dormitories. Additionally, it is illegal to murder an individual in the United States. Criminals and suicidal sociopaths alike ignore laws! How would have another piece of anti-gun legislation prevented Cho Seung-Hui from murdering students at Virginia Tech? Simply put, it wouldn’t. Legislation did not protect the students at Virginia Tech, instead it limited their ability to effectively fight back and defend their lives. Consequently, banning firearms does not prevent crime; instead it disarms law abiding citizens.
Contact your local representatives and urge them to stand against these bills.
A copy of the bills recently introduced is provided below.
H.R.1895
H.R. 1895 has not been printed as of 04/20/07 however a description was provided.
Title: To improve the tracking of stolen firearms and firearms used in a crime, to allow more frequent inspections of gun dealers to ensure compliance with Federal gun law, to enhance the penalties for gun trafficking, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1859
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1859
To reinstate the prohibition on the possession or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to strengthen that prohibition.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 16, 2007
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To reinstate the prohibition on the possession or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and to strengthen that prohibition.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Anti-Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF REPEALED CRIMINAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.
(a) Reinstatement of Provisions Wholly Repealed- Sections 921(a)(31) and 922(w), and the last sentence of section 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, as in effect just before the repeal made by section 110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, are hereby enacted into law.
(b) Reinstatement of Provision Partially Repealed- Section 924(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
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`(B) knowingly violates subsection (a)(4), (f), (k), (r), or (w) of section 922;'.
SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING THE BAN ON THE POSSESSION OR TRANSFER OF A LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE.
(a) Ban on Transfer of Semiautomatic Assault Weapon With Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device-
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(1) IN GENERAL- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (z) the following:
`(aa) It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer a semiautomatic assault weapon with a large capacity ammunition feeding device.'.
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(2) DEFINITION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON- Section 921(a)(30) and Appendix A of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as in effect just before the repeal made by section 110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, are hereby enacted into law.
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(3) PENALTIES- Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.'.
(b) Certification Requirement-
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(1) IN GENERAL- Section 922(w) of such title, as added by section 2(a) of this Act, is amended--
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(i) by adding `or' at the end of subparagraph (B); and
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(ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C); and
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(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
`(4) It shall be unlawful for a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer who transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device that was manufactured on or before the date of the enactment of this subsection, to fail to certify to the Attorney General before the end of the 60-day period that begins with the date of the transfer, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, that the device was manufactured on or before the date of the enactment of this subsection.'.
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(2) PENALTIES- Section 924(a) of such title, as amended by subsection (a)(3) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(9) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(w)(4) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.'.
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