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Title: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: GunLink on January 07, 2013, 09:36:51 AM


A recent post by a forum member here (http://gunlink.info/forums/index.php?topic=893.0) shared a great resource from NRA-ILA that citizens can use to contact their elected officials, including sending them a form letter on a potential renewed "Assault Weapon Ban."

There is another great resource called POPVOX (http://www.popvox.com) (from the latin vox populi - the voice of the people; popular or public opinion) that users can take advantage of to express their opinions to their legislators.  While POPVOX has been around for a couple years, it has recently been gaining in popularity and is a perfect opportunity for supporters of the Second Amendment to voice their feelings on pending gun control measures.  Advocates of such gun control measures are highly motivated and are taking action.  We need to do the same to avoid being the "silent majority." 

As the video below mentions, if we sit idly by we will end up with a situation where a majority of the population may not support gun control but a majority of the population that the legislators hear from DO support it.  If we take action, we can shift that tide and show legislators that we - their constituency... their bosses - oppose more gun control laws that have proven time and time again to be wholly ineffective at stopping (or even reducing by a minimal degree) crime and violence.

This thread will be used to share POPVOX information and link to the POPVOX pages for bills related to gun control issues.  Our staff will try to keep the thread updated with such links but, as a community, we need to work together.  If you spot bills that we miss or haven't linked to yet, please post the links to them.  Spread the word to your friends, family members, Twitter followers, Facebook buddies, gun club, shooting range, hunting pals, etc.


About POPVOX (http://www.popvox.com)

Comments left on POPVOX are delivered to your Representative and/or Senators in Congress. You can see the delivery status of your message(s) from the POPVOX web interface.

POPVOX delivers messages to Congress electronically (or by hand when the congress member does not accept electronic messages) and is added to the office's database that lets them track constituent sentiment. Messages are typically delivered to Congress members within 33 hours.  According to the website, fewer than 5% of messages take more than 4.5 days to deliver.  Compared to getting them on the phone, it takes a little longer.  Compared to mailing a letter, it's nearly instantaneous.

For more info, visit the POPVOX FAQ (http://www.popvox.com/faq).

Here is a great video from MAINEPREPPER on the basics of POPVOX:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K8BoMwdhi88[/youtube]
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: GunLink on January 07, 2013, 09:37:05 AM
Here is the first set of gun control related POPVOX links:




Common Sense Legislation to End Gun Violence (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/x101)
Washington needs to pass gun laws that will keep guns out of the hands of criminals and other prohibited purchasers and keep military-style weapons and high-capacity magazines off of our streets. To do this, they should pass laws that will:

    1. Require criminal background checks for ALL gun sales, including private sales.
    2. Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
    3. Make gun trafficking a federal crime.
(Proposed by: Mayors Against Illegal Guns.)

By supporting, you will be telling Congress that you support these changes to federal gun laws.

By opposing, you will be telling Congress that you oppose these changes to gun laws.



Repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that Act. (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr133)
H.R. 133: To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that Act.



Closing the 'gun show loophole' (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr141)
H.R. 141: To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows.



H.R. 142 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr142)
H.R. 142: To require face to face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition.



The High Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr138)
H.R. 138: To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.



The Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr34)
H.R. 34: To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.



Mandatory licensing and registration of handguns (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr117)
H.R. 117: To provide for the mandatory licensing and registration of handguns.



New Version of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban
Sen. Feinstein's New Version of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/x102)


Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is working on a new version of the federal Assault Weapons Ban, a law she helped write in 1994 and has been trying to revive since it expired in 2004. The legislation, which will be introduced in 2013, proposes a ban on assault weapons and large ammunition magazines, strips and drums that hold more than 10 rounds -- but would grandfather in weapons and magazines purchased legally before the new law takes effect. The bill would stop the sale of more than 100 assault weapons, but exempt more than 900 specific hunting and sporting weapons, according to Sen. Feinstein.

By supporting, you will be telling Congress to stand behind a new federal Assault Weapons Ban.

By opposing, you will be telling Congress that you are against a new federal Assault Weapons Ban.



Raising the age of legal handgun ownership to 21. (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr65)
H.R. 65: To prevent children’s access to firearms.



The Fix Gun Checks Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr137)
H.R. 137: To ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale.



OLD BILLS - You can no longer share your opinion on these bills via POPVOX.

A Federal Assault Weapons Ban (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/x100)
Congress passed a federal Assault Weapons Ban in 1994, but the ban expired in 2004.  A new bill would ban military-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.  Approximately one out of five law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty are killed by assault weapons. Congress should draft a new law that is clear and enforceable and will take military-style weapons and high-capacity magazines out of our communities. (Proposed by: Mayors Against Illegal Guns.)

By supporting, you will be telling Congress you support a new federal assault weapons ban.

By opposing, you will be telling Congress that you are against a new federal assault weapons ban.

This proposal was proposed in a previous session of Congress. You can no longer write a comment about this proposal.




S. 436: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/s436)
Summary: A bill to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale. (More Info)

S. 436 was introduced in the 112th Congress, which has adjourned. It has not yet been reintroduced.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: GunLink on January 08, 2013, 09:44:41 AM
Be sure to READ THE BILLS

Please note that bills frequently get nice, friendly sounding names.  Common sense? Less violence?  Who doesn't want that?  People see titles like that and say "Sure, I like common sense and don't want more violence" so they support a measure without reading it.  If you read what that "common sense" consists of, it's more gun control and the specific bills for those gun control measures are widely opposed because readers aren't being "duped" by nonsensical titles.

Another instance:

The NRA Members' Gun Safety Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr21)
H.R. 21: To provide for greater safety in the use of firearms.

Read a little further and we see the bill text, which includes such gems as:

TITLE I--REQUIRING A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR EVERY FIREARM SALE
SEC. 101. PURPOSE.
    The purpose of this title is to extend the Brady Law background check procedures to all sales and transfers of firearms.




Ah yes... they mythical 'gun show loophole.'  Again.  The bill also includes language about background checks for gun store employees, requirements for reporting lost/stolen firearms, obtaining CCW permits, and measures to "prevent terrorists from obtaining firearms" - such as making firearms transfers be at the discretion of the Attorney General.  Looks like Mexican drug cartels will be safe, however.

As they say, the devil is in the details.  Get involved in supporting our rights but be sure to really get involved - read the bills, figure out what they're about, form an opinion and share your views with the legislators. Don't just skim.  If you have questions or comments on the bills, you're probably not the only one; feel free to share them in this thread.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: GunLink on January 23, 2013, 10:24:41 AM


The Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s35)
S. 35: A bill to require face to face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition.






The Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr238)
H.R. 238: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, to transfer business inventory firearms, and for other purposes.






The Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr321)
H.R. 321: To amend the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112-175) to permit research on firearms safety and gun violence.






The Buyback our Safety Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr227)
H.R. 227 would establish a gun buyback grant program wherein the Assistant Attorney General could issue funding grants to state and local law enforcement agencies for gun buyback programs provided certain criteria are met. Additionally, H.R. 227 would provide for $15,000,000 in funds to be appropriated to carry out for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. The bill would also require the Attorney General, through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs, to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to “develop standards for identifying, and identify, guns that are the most likely to be used in violent crimes and establish a pricing scale for purchasing guns so identified through gun buyback programs receiving grants under this section.”






The SAFER Streets Act (Support Assault Firearm Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act) (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr226)
H.R. 226: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act

If passed, H.R. 226 would allow individuals who surrender specified “assault weapons” to receive a $2,000 federal income tax credit. In order to apply the credit, the firearm must be lawfully possessed, the firearm owner must provide written acknowledgment of the surrender, and the credit may only be used for one firearm.






To provide victims of gun violence access to the same civil remedies as are available to those injured through other means. (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr332)






The High Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s33)
S. 33: A bill to prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.



Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: GunLink on January 25, 2013, 10:59:21 AM
S. 150: A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s150)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
Status:  Referred to Committee 1/24/2013

CLICK HERE TO OPPOSE THIS BILL NOW (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s150)


Click here to follow this bill on the Library of Congress website (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:s150:)
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: masfonos on January 25, 2013, 02:45:05 PM
Hit most of the bills linked and shared with friends and family.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: tassels on January 30, 2013, 03:48:17 PM
Thanks for the links.  Opposed!
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: GunLink on January 30, 2013, 05:18:48 PM
H.R. 437: To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr437)

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
Status:  This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on January 29, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

CLICK HERE TO OPPOSE THIS BILL NOW (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr437)



The Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr449)

The full text of H.R. 449 is not available yet, but according to its title, if passed, H.R. 449 would “To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.”



H.R. 452: To prevent gun trafficking. (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr452)

The full text of H.R. 452 is not available yet, but according to its title, if passed, H.R. 452 would “prevent gun trafficking.”



The Gun Trafficking Prevention Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s179)

The full text of S. 179 is not yet available, however, according to its title, if passed, S. 179 will seek to “prevent gun trafficking.”



The Ammunition Background Check Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s174)

S. 174: A bill to appropriately restrict sales of ammunition.



H.R. 431: To restore certain authorities of the BATFE (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr431)

H.R. 431: To restore certain authorities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to administer the firearms laws, and for other purposes.



The Trafficking Reduction and Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr427)

H.R. 427: To prevent the illegal sale of firearms, and for other purpoes.



Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s2)

S. 2: Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act



The Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s147)

S. 147: A bill to establish minimum standards for States that allow the carrying of concealed firearms.



The Restore the Constitution Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr410)

H.R. 410: To provide that any executive action infringing on the Second Amendment has no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.



The Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr404)

H.R. 404: Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act




Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: tassels on February 23, 2013, 07:05:15 PM
FYI several new gun bills up on pv about guns including one to impose a sin tax on "concealable firearms" and to mandate establishing a fund for buy backs (same bill).
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: GunLink on February 24, 2013, 10:31:39 AM
Ooops, we'll get speakup.GunLink.info (http://speakup.gunlink.info) and the thread updated ASAP.  If you have the links, feel free to post them here.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: GunLink on April 01, 2013, 09:27:09 PM
Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr577)

H.R. 577: To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.



The Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr602)

H.R. 602: To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.



The Strengthening Background Checks Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr329)

H.R. 329: To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to encourage States to provide records to the National Instant Background Check System.



The Fix Gun Checks Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s374)

S. 374: A bill to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale.



The Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s34)

S. 34: A bill to increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists.



Banning the “Five-seveN” handgun and ammunition with the ability to pierce body armor (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr538)

H.R. 538: To protect the Nation’s law enforcement officers by banning the Five-seveN Pistol and 5.7 x 28mm SS190, SS192, SS195LF, SS196, and SS197 cartridges, testing handguns and ammunition for capability to penetrate body armor, and prohibiting the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of such handguns or ammunition by civilians.



The Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr236)

H.R. 236: To ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers.



The Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s54)

S. 54: A bill to increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.



The School Safety Enhancements Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s146)

S. 146: A bill to enhance the safety of America’s schools.



No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s261)

S. 261: A bill to establish and clarify that Congress does not authorize persons convicted of dangerous crimes in foreign courts to freely possess firearms in the United States.



The Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr661)

H.R. 661: To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.



Protecting law-abiding Americans' Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/x104)

Congress needs to protect the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and oppose all legislation that would penalize law-abiding citizens by banning guns, ammunition, or magazines.



The Fairness in Firearm Testing Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr339)

H.R. 339: To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition, and for other purposes.



The Gun Show Background Check (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s22)

S. 22: A bill to establish background check procedures for gun shows.



The Detectives Nemorin and Andrews Anti-Gun Trafficking Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr722)

H.R. 722: To combat illegal gun trafficking, and for other purposes.



The Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr93)

H.R. 93: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, to transfer business inventory firearms, and for other purposes.



The Respecting States’ Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr578)

H.R. 578: To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.



Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr322)

H.R. 322: To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act.



The Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s82)

S. 82: A bill to provide that any executive action infringing on the Second Amendment has no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.



Stop the UN Arms Treaty (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hconres23)

H.Con.Res. 23: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade.



Stop the UN Arms Treaty (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/sconres7)

S.Con.Res. 7: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade.



The Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s170)

S. 170: A bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities.



The Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr955)

H.R. 955: To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.



H. Res. 40 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hres40)

H.Res. 40: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that active duty military personnel who are stationed or residing in the District of Columbia should be permitted to exercise fully their rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.



The Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr720)

H.R. 720: To increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or the issuance of firearms or explosives licenses to a known or suspected dangerous terrorist.



The Armed Prohibited Persons Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr848)

H.R. 848: To direct the Attorney General to make grants to States to develop systems to retrieve firearms from armed prohibited persons.


The Firearm Risk Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1369)

H.R. 1369: To prohibit the sale of a firearm to, and the purchase of a firearm by, a person who is not covered by appropriate liability insurance coverage.



The Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s443)

S. 443: A bill to increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.



The Keep Kids Safe Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr619)

H.R. 619: To amend title 18, United States Code, to place limitations on the possession, sale, and other disposition of a firearm by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children.



The Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr868)

H.R. 868: To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs.



Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1177)

H.R. 1177: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.



The Protecting Lawful Transportation of Firearms Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1290)

H.R. 1290: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.



The Second Amendment Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr575)

H.R. 575: To express the sense of the Congress that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges any rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution, such as the right to keep and bear arms, and to withhold funding from the United Nations unless the President certifies that the United Nations has not taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or otherwise adversely infringe upon the rights of individuals in the United States to keep and bear arms, or abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights of citizens of the United States.



Banning Saturday Night Specials (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr965)

H.R. 965: To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as Saturday Night Specials.



Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s649)

S. 649: A bill to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, and for other purposes.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on April 15, 2013, 10:35:22 PM
High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s691)

S. 691: A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.



Undetectable FIrearms Ban (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1474)


H.R. 1474: To reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms, and to extend the ban to undetectable firearm receivers and undetectable ammunition magazines.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on May 19, 2013, 07:54:16 PM
Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1605)

To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.



Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1565)

To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.



Explosive Materials Background Check Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s792)

A bill to strengthen the enforcement of background checks with respect to the use of explosive materials.



Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1764)

To limit the amount of ammunition purchased or possessed by certain Federal agencies for a 6-month period.



High-Capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s691)

 A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.



Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr793)

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on concealable firearms and to require the Attorney General to establish a firearms buyback grant program.



The Toomey-Schumer-Manchin Amendment (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/x120)

The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act would require states and the federal government to send all necessary records on criminals and the violently mentally ill to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). It also extends the existing background check system to gun shows and online sales.

The bill explicitly bans the federal government from creating a national firearms registry, and imposes serious criminal penalties (a felony with up to 15 years in prison) on any person who misuses or illegally retains firearms records.



Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1143)

To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry a firearm.



Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1474)

To reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms, and to extend the ban to undetectable firearm receivers and undetectable ammunition magazines.



NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s480)

A bill to improve the effectiveness of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System by clarifying reporting requirements related to adjudications of mental incompetency, and for other purposes.



Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1825)

To direct Federal public land management officials to exercise their authority under existing law to facilitate use of and access to Federal public lands for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, and for other purposes



Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1914)

To ban guns for persons who have been convicted of stalking or who are subject to a court order restraining the person from stalking.



Secure Firearms Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1883)

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a deduction for the purchase of secure gun storage or safety device for the securing of firearms.



The Personalized Handgun Safety Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2005)

To provide for the development and use of technology for personalized handguns, to require that, within 3 years, all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, the United States incorporate such technology, and for other purposes.



Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr1728)

To repeal certain appropriations riders that limit the ability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to administer the Federal firearms laws.



The Firearm Straw Purchasing and Trafficking Prevention Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s730)

A bill to prevent criminals from obtaining firearms through straw purchasing and trafficking.



The Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s729)

A bill to protect law abiding citizens by preventing criminals from obtaining firearms.




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The Ammunition Management for More Accountability (AMMO) Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s843)

A bill to limit the amount of ammunition purchased or possessed by certain Federal agencies for a 6-month period.





Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: AmericanIcon on May 22, 2013, 11:04:38 AM
While individual contact:  Email, snail mail, phone call or personal visit - is necessary, membership in both national and state pro-rights organizations is important.  The 'secret' is that your elected 'representatives' are your 'hired help', and on both national and state level, they respond to only two things:  Money and numbers.  If a state legislator hears from an organization in his state composed of, say, 10,000 voters, he's going to listen.  If a national organization sends out postcards, or has a direct email link or phone number to your 'hired hand' in the District of Corruption, use it.  The fewer who think they know better than you what's 'good for you', the less likely they are to sell out your liberty...but they need to know you're watching, and will hold them accountable.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: DrAuggie on May 23, 2013, 01:46:13 AM
Must say I love POPVOX!!   8)
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: crsmithart on June 19, 2013, 07:51:06 AM
Thanks for the POPVOX link ... Looks like a very useful tool ... Will spread the word to other forums ... Thanks, again
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on July 07, 2013, 11:03:04 PM
HR 2277 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2277)

HR 2277: TO eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws.


PHEASANT Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2361)

H.R. 2361: Protecting Honest, Everyday Americans from Senseless And Needless Taxes (PHEASANT) Act of 2013


HR 2408 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2408)

H.R. 2408: To prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.


HR 2046 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2046)

H.R. 2046: Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013

HR 808 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr808)

H.R. 808: Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2013


HR 2566 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2566)

H.R. 2566: To modify the definition of armor piercing ammunition to better capture its capabilities.


HR 2541 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2541)

H.R. 2541: To allow certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone.


The Child Handgun Safety Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2567)

H.R. 2567: To require that all handguns manufactured, sold in, or imported into, the United States incorporate technology that precludes the average five year old child from operating the handgun when it is ready to fire.


HR 2247 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2247)

H.R. 2247: Collectible Firearms Protection Act


HR 2405 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2405)

H.R. 2405: Firearm Recidivist Sentencing Act of 2013


HR 2463 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2463)

H.R. 2463: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act


S 903 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s903)

S. 903: A bill to clarify State of residence requirements for aliens and nonimmigrant requirements for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code.


S 1212 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1212)

S. 1212: A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States.


H. Res 258 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hres258)

H.Res. 258: Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1565) to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.

Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on July 08, 2013, 10:36:10 PM
Some of the bills this time were difficult to find as they didn't show up under the firearms section. I had to go to GovTrack to do a keyword search this time. For information on some of these you can click on the "More Info" link in PopVox. I also found two more in the GovTrack that didn't show up in PopVox:

HR 808 - will establish a department for arms control and disarmament

S 903 - details how non-US citizens can own firearms within the state they reside

S 1212 - deals with establishing more public ranges

HR 2046 - protects the right to bear arms at water resources development project

HR 2361 - deals with prohibiting local and state governments from increasing taxes on the sale of firearms and ammunition, as well as the background check

I also found two more in the GovTrack that do no appear on PopVox:

HR 2464 - would amend the consumer product safety to remove the exclusion of firearms and would require safety standards be established and met

HR 2463 - the house bill that goes with S 1212
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on July 21, 2013, 11:09:59 PM
HR 2665 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2665)

To ensure secure gun storage and gun safety devices.



HR 2625 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2625)

Student Protection Act



S 1290 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1290)

A bill to protect victims of stalking from gun violence.



S 1149 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1149)

A bill to reauthorize the ban on undetectable firearms, and to extend the ban to undetectable firearm receivers and undetectable ammunition magazines.



S 1335 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1335)

A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.





Also, the two bills that weren't on POPVOX last time, are still not available. There is also a new one:
HR 2648 which is a bill that would prohibit the sale to, transfer to, possession of, fire arms to certain high-risk individuals.  You can see the bill text here: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr2648/text
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on August 06, 2013, 09:55:33 PM
HR 2746 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2746)

To prevent undue disruption of interstate commerce by limiting civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a product in the stream of commerce is as a lawful seller of the product.



The Justice Exists for Us All Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2812)

To encourage States to prohibit “stand your ground” laws and require neighborhood watch programs to register with local law enforcement agencies and the Department of Justice, to direct the Attorney General to study such laws, and for other purposes.



Explosive Materials Background Check Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2836)

To strengthen the enforcement of background checks with respect to the use of explosive materials.



Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2910)

To protect American children and their families from the epidemic of gun violence by banning access to certain weapons, strengthening the Nation’s mental health infrastructure, and improving the understanding of gun violence.



HR 2959 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2959)

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.



HR 2799 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2799)

To establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, recreational shooting, and for other purposes.


HR 3018 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3018)

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax and special occupational tax in respect of firearms and to increase the transfer tax on any other weapon, and for other purposes.



Crime Gun Tracing Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1337)

A bill to promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, and for other purposes.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on August 06, 2013, 10:01:04 PM
IAnd there's two more that aren't showing up in PopVox, but are showing up on GovTrack and the Library of Congress website:

HR 2465 - would require an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health

H. Res 318 - a statement of disapproval about gun violence in the nation and calls for Congress to enact gun control reforms to reduce the violence
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: masfonos on August 13, 2013, 10:17:11 PM
I haven't been contacting my critters in a while.  I need to get on that.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on August 13, 2013, 10:45:52 PM
I get letters out of the wazoo from one of my senators...even on items I don't leave personal comments.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 21, 2013, 03:21:38 PM
Nothing new since Congress came back as of yet. I have a feeling we'll be seeing another surge of gun control legislation.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on October 02, 2013, 09:16:08 PM
They are two "new" bills up that I'm almost positive were introduced earlier in the year, about preserving public target ranges, and public hunting.

If you haven't been to POPVOX in awhile, it's filled with ObamaCare, and budget laws now.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on November 05, 2013, 11:32:31 PM
Just wanted to let everyone know, that there still isn't anything new on gun control in the legislature right now. ALmost everything in PopVox has to do with ObamaCare, debt management, and various funding bills. I'll do my best to keep you updated.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: XDs45IWB on November 11, 2013, 09:32:55 PM
Thanks for tenacity & updates.


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Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: masfonos on November 14, 2013, 10:22:18 PM
That just means we have to look to see what other bills they're trying to sneak gun control into.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on November 19, 2013, 11:18:05 PM
I do keep that in mind and I do searches on a monthly basis (or about that) on the congress website and I search key words within the text. Nothing has popped up that I can tell. I have two new bills to add:



The Sport Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1660)

S. 1660: A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.



The Protecting Individual Liberties and States' Rights Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3483)

H.R. 3483: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide exceptions from the firearm prohibitions otherwise applicable in relation to marijuana if its possession is lawful under State law.



FYI, the Sports Act is 55 pages long and has a variety of topics in it, including: public gun ranges on federal land, hunting on federal land, and an change to the toxic substance text. I'm trying to figure out what it means, but I think they're adding firearms, ammunition and everything to the toxic substance control act. I would aprpeciate any feed back on this since I tried reading the toxic substance control PDF and it is 50 pages long and I don't have that kind of attention span.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on November 25, 2013, 10:52:17 PM
Three new bills re-introduced this week.


S. 1774 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1774)

S. 1774: A bill to reauthorize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 1 year.



HR 3566 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3566)

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for a grant program regarding firearms.




HR 3590 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3590)

H.R. 3590: To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on February 08, 2014, 07:07:47 PM
It's been a while since I have updated this page, sorry for that. As I going through the Congress webpage to see what bills, if any, have been moved on since September, I found the number to be very small, and the number of new bills to also be small. So I'm posting all of the bills that have had action since September below.

I also threw in one that isn't about firearms, but it's about knife ownership. I'm assuming most gun owning citizens own at the very least a pocket knife and most hunters own larger knives. I thought this might be of interest to some.

The SpeakUp page with the widgets for PopVox will be updated sometime this weekend as well.



Student Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2625)

HR 2625: To protect the rights of children



Prohibiting firearms sales to certain classes of high-risk individuals. (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2648)

H.R.2648: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals.





HR 2665 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2665)

H.R. 2665: To ensure secure gun storage and gun safety devices.



Innocent Sellers Fairness Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2746)

HR 2746: To prevent undue disruption of interstate commerce by limiting civil actions brought against persons whose only role with regard to a product in the stream of commerce is as a lawful seller of the product.





Justice Exists For Us All Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2812)

H.R. 2812: To encourage States to prohibit “stand your ground” laws and require neighborhood watch programs to register with local law enforcement agencies and the Department of Justice, to direct the Attorney General to study such laws, and for other purposes.



Explosive Materials Background Check Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2836)

HR 2836: To strengthen the enforcement of background checks with respect to the use of explosive materials.





The Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2910)

HR 2910: To protect American children and their families from the epidemic of gun violence by banning access to certain weapons, strengthening the Nation’s mental health infrastructure, and improving the understanding of gun violence.



National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr2959)

HR 2959: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.





Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3018)

HR 3018: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax and special occupational tax in respect of firearms and to increase the transfer tax on any other weapon, and for other purposes.



SHARE Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3197)

HR 3197: To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.





Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3335)

HR 3335: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.



Protecting Individual Liberties and States’ Rights Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3483)

HR 3483: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide exceptions from the firearm prohibitions otherwise applicable in relation to marijuana if its possession is lawful under State law.





Airport Security Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3484)

HR 3484: To prohibit certain individuals from possessing a firearm in an airport, and for other purposes.



Domestic Violence Criminal Disarmament Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3566)

HR 3566: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for a grant program regarding firearms.





SHARE Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3590)

HR 3590: To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.



Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3643)

HR 3643: To reauthorize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years and to close a loophole in the Act.





Second Amendment Enforcement Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3689)

HR 3689: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.



Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3933)

HR 3933: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.





Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s572)

S. 572: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.



Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1505)

S 1505: A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from definition under that Act.





The Sport Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1660)

S. 1660: A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.



Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Act of 2013 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1774)

S 1774: A bill to reauthorize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 1 year.





S 1889 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1889)

S. 1889: A bill to direct the United States Sentencing Commission with respect to penalties for the unlawful production of a controlled substance on Federal property or intentional trespass on the property of another that causes environmental damage.



Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1908)

S 1908: A bill to allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.





S 1996 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1996)

S. 1996: A bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.



The Knife Owners’ Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s1955)

S. 1955: A bill to protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and State prohibitions.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: bangbangclick on February 11, 2014, 10:18:33 AM
You have to register?
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on February 11, 2014, 04:06:35 PM
Yes. You register with your address where you are registered to vote. That way all comments go to the correct representatives.

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Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on February 02, 2015, 12:53:05 AM
Okay guys. New Congress in session and PopVox has decided to updated their website. Unfortunately, it makes sorting through the proposed legislation a little more time consuming now since they don't have the list of all legislation anymore. At least the search function is working now, but they took down their ready-to-use HTML code boxes. We are working to figure out the best way to post the new legislation in a user friendly format, especially the widgets page.

In the mean time, this is what I have found as of now:


Firearm Safety Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr225)

To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers,
and other firearms from the definition of consumer product in order to permit the
issuance of safety standards for such articles by the Consumer Product Safety
Commission.





S. 173 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s173)

A bill to modify the definition of "antique firearm".



The Look-Alike Weapons Safety Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s213)

To improve requirements for entering into commerce of imitation firearms, and for other purposes.





The Safe and Responsible Gun Transfer Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr368)

To provide for greater safety in the use of firearms.



HR 131 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr131)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.





The Homemade Firearms Accountability Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr377)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require homemade firearms to have serial numbers, and for other purposes.



The Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr376)

To prohibit the sale, offering for sale, manufacture for sale, distribution in commerce, or import into the United States of certain firearm receiver castings or blanks, assault weapon parts kits, and machinegun parts kits and to prohibit the marketing or advertising of such castings or blanks and kits on any medium of electronic communications.





HR 47 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr47)

To ensure secure gun storage and gun safety devices.



HR 307 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr307)

To establish a gun buyback grant program.





The Safe Students Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr86)

To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that Act.



The Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr226)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals.





HR 224 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr224)

To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.





Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: masfonos on February 03, 2015, 06:59:14 PM

Looks like a good crop of laws that could have important consequences.


These catch my eyes though. 





S. 173 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s173)
A bill to modify the definition of "antique firearm".


Sounds like a good idea.  Gets rid of the arbitrary 1898 date and makes it 100 years before "now."   Why would a 100 year old gun in 1998 be an antique but not a 116 year old gun this year?


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The Safe and Responsible Gun Transfer Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr368)
To provide for greater safety in the use of firearms.


Anything with such a friendly, common sense tagline as that above in red has to be dangerous.  And it is.  Summary says "The purpose of this title is to extend the Brady Law background check procedures to all sales and transfers of firearms."  That is:  to further regulate private, in-state sales of a legal object.


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The Homemade Firearms Accountability Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr377)
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require homemade firearms to have serial numbers, and for other purposes.
Sounds like they're butt hurt over the 80% receiver market.  All those dangerous street thugs and drug dealers with a machine shop and the knowledge to use it.  Beware!

"Request.--A person who has attained 18 years of age and desires to make a firearm, or obtain a unique serial number or other identifying mark for a firearm made by the person after 1968, may request a licensed dealer to issue a unique serial number or other identifying mark for the firearm, which request shall describe the firearm involved, and state whether the firearm will be (or is) a handgun. ``(b) Consideration.-- ``(1) Treatment of request as transfer proposal.--A request made of a licensed dealer pursuant to subsection (a) with respect to firearm shall be treated as a proposed transfer of the firearm from the licensed dealer to the applicant, for purposes of section 922(t) of this title and section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. ``(2) Issuance of serial number.--A licensed dealer may issue to an applicant a unique serial number and identifying mark for a firearm pursuant to such a request..."




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HR 307 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr307)
To establish a gun buyback grant program.


Nope.  Nope nope nope. 

Take more of our money to pay scumbags for their stolen crime guns or to send grandpa's war bringback to the shredder.  Brilliant.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 18, 2015, 10:51:53 PM
OK - PopVox has improved their search function enough that I can actually locate bills without wanting to bang my head on the keyboard. I will apologize for such a large post. I used every search term I could come up with (firearm, weapon, ammunition, concealed, gun, handgun, rifle, hunting, explosive, knife)

Here's an update of everything that is in congress as of now - everything has been submitted to commitee and/or subcommittees, and only one has been moved to the actual calendar and i couldn't find a date for it.



H.R. 131 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr131)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.





Firearm Safety Act of 2015  (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr225)

Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to remove from the definition of "consumer product" the exclusion for any article sold by a manufacturer, producer, or importer that would be subject to a firearms sales tax under the Internal Revenue Code for pistols, revolvers, and other firearms, including shells and cartridges, thereby permitting the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for such articles.





A bill to modify the definition of "antique firearm".  (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s173)

Modifies the definition of "antique firearm" under the federal criminal code and the Internal Revenue Code to cover any firearm manufactured in or before the calendar year that is 100 years before the year in which a determination is made as to whether the firearm is an antique firearm (currently, any firearm manufactured in or before 1898).





The Homemade Firearms Accountability Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr377)

Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who has attained age 18 and desires to make a handgun, or to obtain a unique serial number or other identifying mark for a handgun made by the person after 1968, to request a licensed firearms dealer to issue such serial number or identifying mark for such handgun. Treats such request as a proposed transfer of the firearm from the dealer to the applicant for purposes of National Instant Criminal Background Check System provisions.





The Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr376)

Considers as a banned hazardous product under the Consumer Product Safety Act: (1) any firearm receiver casting or firearm receiver blank (do-it-yourself assault weapon) that does not meet the definition of a firearm under the federal criminal code at the point of sale but that can be completed after purchase by the consumer to function as a firearm frame or receiver for a semiautomatic assault weapon or machine gun, or (2) an assault weapon parts kit or machine gun parts kit.

Makes it unlawful to market or advertise any of such weapons for sale on any medium of electronic communications, including over the Internet. Requires marketing or advertising violations to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.





The Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s477)

This bill declares that funds appropriated or otherwise made available, including amounts derived from any fee or other source, are denied to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Department of Justice, or any other federal agency to carry out Operation Choke Point or any other program designed to discourage the provision or continuation of credit or the processing of payments by financial institutions for dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 18, 2015, 10:52:20 PM


he Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s551)

To increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists.





The Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1076)

To increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists.





To modify the definition of "antique firearm". (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1114)

Modifies the definition of "antique firearm" under the federal criminal code and the Internal Revenue Code to cover any firearm manufactured in or before the calendar year that is 100 years before the year in which a determination is made as to whether the firearm is an antique firearm (currently, any firearm manufactured in or before 1898).





Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1316)

Provides a 90-day amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record any firearm acquired before October 31, 1968, by a veteran while a member of the Armed Forces stationed outside the continental United States.





Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s670)

Provides a 90-day amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record any firearm acquired before October 31, 1968, by a veteran while a member of the Armed Forces stationed outside the continental United States.





The Ammunition and Firearms Protection Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1365)

To prevent the reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing ammunition.





Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1413)

This bill declares that funds appropriated or otherwise made available, including amounts derived from any fee or other source, are denied to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Department of Justice, or any other federal agency to carry out Operation Choke Point or any other program designed to discourage the provision or continuation of credit or the processing of payments by financial institutions for dealers and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition.





Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1745)

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer to elect a tax credit of $2,000 for surrendering a specified assault weapon, as defined by this Act, as part of a public safety program to reduce the number of privately owned weapons. Terminates such credit two years after the enactment of this Act.





FIREARM Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1739)

Prohibits the federal government from requiring disclosure of the race or ethnicity of a person to whom a firearm is transferred.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 18, 2015, 10:52:41 PM


The Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2246)
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, dealers, or collectors (licensees) to sell or deliver any firearm (currently, rifles or shotguns) to a resident of a state other than the state in which the licensee is located or temporarily located if the licensee meets with the purchaser to complete the sale or delivery and the transaction complies with the laws of the state in which the transfer is conducted and the purchaser's state of residence; and (2) eliminate the requirement that a licensee must conduct business at a gun show only in the state that is specified on the licensee's license.
Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition: (1) between licensed firearms dealers at any location in any state; or (2) by a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer to an unlicensed person at a temporary location in any state.
Amends definitions for federal firearms provisions to: (1) revise the definition of a "member of the Armed Forces on active duty" to include a member (or member's spouse) who is a resident of the state in which such person maintains legal residence or in which the member maintains a place of abode from which the member commutes each day to the permanent duty station; and (2) provide that an officer or employee of the United States (other than a member of the Armed Forces) stationed outside the United States for a period exceeding one year, or a spouse residing with such an officer or employee, is a resident of the state in which the person maintains legal residence.





Conceal Carry on Military Bases (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1815)

This bill directs the Department of Defense to establish a process by which the commander of a military installation in the United States may authorize a qualifying member of the Armed Forces who is assigned to duty at the installation to carry a concealed personal firearm on the installation if the commander determines it to be necessary as a personal-protection or force-protection measure.
The commander of the installation shall consult with appropriate state and local elected officials and take into consideration state and local laws law regarding carrying a concealed personal firearm.




The Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3125)

To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report to the Congress semiannually on the number of firearms transfers resulting from the failure to complete a background check within 3 business days, and the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive a firearm.





Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3139)

To improve security at Armed Forces recruitment centers.





Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1735)

To modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.





End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2917)

End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2015





Fairness in Firearm Testing Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2753)

To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition, and for other purposes.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 18, 2015, 10:52:59 PM


Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2699)

To modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.





Collectible Firearms Protection Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2611)

To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.





To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2612)

To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.





To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
 
(https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1473)

To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.





Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2546)

To prohibit the sale of a firearm to, and the purchase of a firearm by, a person who is not covered by appropriate liability insurance coverage.





Firearm Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1385)

To prohibit the Federal Government from requiring race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with the transfer of a firearm.





Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1351)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.





A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1308)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.





Responsible Transfer of Firearms Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2016)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to promote the responsible transfer of firearms.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 18, 2015, 10:53:20 PM


To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the period during which a firearms licensee is required to wait for a response from the national instant criminal background check system before being allowed to transfer a firearm to a prospective transferee. (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3375)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the period during which a firearms licensee is required to wait for a response from the national instant criminal background check system before being allowed to transfer a firearm to a prospective transferee.





Firearm Rights Equally Enforced Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3425)

To amend title 18, United States Code, to give nationwide effect to the least restrictive State laws regarding the carrying of firearms that are concealed, or are partially or fully visible to the public.





The Safeguarding Service Members’ Second Amendment Rights Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1823)

To safeguard military personnel on Armed Forces military installations by repealing bans on military personnel carrying firearms, and for other purposes.





Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1819)

To improve security at Armed Forces recruitment centers.





Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3455)

To prevent gun trafficking.





The Pause for Safety Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1977)

A bill to provide family members and close associates of an individual who they fear is a danger to himself, herself, or others new tools to prevent gun violence.





The Fix Gun Checks Act  (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3411)

To ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale.





The Gun Look-Alike Case Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3224)

To regulate the sale of cases and covers that resemble firearms, to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 with respect to the regulation of toy, look-alike, and imitation firearms, and to provide penalties for a violation of such regulations.





Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1760)

To prevent gun trafficking.





Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1751)

To provide for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.





Expressing support for designation of June 21 as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and gun safety. (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hconres59)

Expressing support for designation of June 21 as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and gun safety.





Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2939)

To repeal certain appropriations riders that limit the ability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to administer the Federal firearms laws.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 18, 2015, 10:53:40 PM


The Keeping Guns from Criminals Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2871)

To provide an incentive for firearm owners to sell their firearms safely and responsibly.





Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2732)

To provide for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes.





Crime Gun Tracing Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1529)

To promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, and for other purposes.





To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2612)

To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.





Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2613)

To provide for the development and use of technology for personalized handguns, to require that all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, the United States incorporate such technology, and for other purposes.





Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1474)

To provide for the development and use of technology for personalized handguns, to require that all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, the United States incorporate such technology, and for other purposes.





Detectives Nemorin, Andrews and Moore Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2374)

To combat illegal gun trafficking, and for other purposes.





Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2380)

To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows.





Crime Gun Tracing Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1858)


To promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, and for other purposes.




The Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1488)

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.





Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 114th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime. (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres289)

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 114th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime.





The Safe and Responsible Gun Transfer Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr368)

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a person who is not a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring a firearm to, or receiving a firearm from, another unlicensed person, except: (1) through a licensed dealer or a law enforcement agency, which shall conduct a background check through the national instant criminal background check system; and (2) after inspecting a permit that confirms that such background check has been conducted. Specifies exceptions, including for: (1) the transfer of a bona fide gift between immediate family members; (2) a transfer that occurs by operation of law or by an executor or trustee because of the death of another person; (3) a temporary transfer that occurs in the home of the unlicensed transferee who believes that possession of the firearm is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to the transferee; and (4) certain temporary transfers without the transfer of title at a shooting range, at a shooting competition, or while hunting, fishing, or trapping.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 18, 2015, 10:54:00 PM


To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health. (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr224)

To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.




The Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr226)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals.





To ensure secure gun storage and gun safety devices. (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr47)

To ensure secure gun storage and gun safety devices.





Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1315)

To protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and State prohibitions.







Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s567)

To protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and State prohibitions.






The Knife Owners' Protection Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr419)

To protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and State prohibitions.





The Look-Alike Weapons Safety Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s213)

To improve requirements for entering into commerce of imitation firearms, and for other purposes.





Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2283)

To require face to face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition.





The Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr752)
To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.






The Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s407)

To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.






The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr986)

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a means by which nonresidents of a State whose residents may carry concealed firearms may also do so in the State.





The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s498)

To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.





The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr923)

To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.






The Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/s225)

This bill exempts components of firearms and ammunition and sport fishing equipment and its components (such as lead sinkers) from regulations on chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act.





The Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr528)

Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting with specified exceptions.





Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2399)

This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on October 20, 2015, 01:07:03 AM


Expressing support for the designation of June as National Gun Violence Awareness Month and calling on Congress to address gun violence. (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres473)

H.Res. 473 Expressing support for the designation of June as National Gun Violence Awareness Month and calling on Congress to address gun violence.



H.Res. 467 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres467)

H.Res. 467 Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention.





Good Neighbor Gun Dealer Act (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3569)

To require the Attorney General to establish a "Good Neighbor" code of conduct for federally licensed firearms dealers, and for other purposes.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: GunLink on October 27, 2015, 10:48:26 AM
H.R. 3799 HEARING PROTECTION ACT OF 2015 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3799)

To provide that silencers be treated the same as long guns - i.e. remove silencers/suppressors from under the purview of the National Firearms Act (NFA) and require only a 4473 and NICS check instead of a months-long wait and $200 tax stamp for transfer and registration.

Quote
A BILL
To provide that silencers be treated the same as long guns.
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 "Hearing Protection Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. EQUAL TREATMENT OF SILENCERS AND FIREARMS.
(a) In General.--Section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``(7) any silencer'' and all that follows through ``; and (8)'' and inserting ``; and (7)''. (b) Effective Date.-- (1) In general.--The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Transfers.--In the case of the tax imposed by section 5811 of such Code, the amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to transfers after October 22, 2015.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SILENCERS.
Section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Firearm Silencers.--A person acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer in accordance with Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, shall be treated as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of the National Firearms Act (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this subsection) with respect to such silencer.''.

Continue reading and SUPPORT the bill at https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3799 (https://popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3799)
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on November 01, 2015, 11:57:46 PM


S. 2213 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2213)

A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a background check.





SEMPER FI Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3139)

This bill directs the Secretary concerned to authorize an eligible member of the Armed Forces assigned to an Armed Forces recruitment center to carry a service-issue sidearm as a personal- or force-protection measure while on duty at the recruiting center, notwithstanding any federal, state, or local law or Department of Defense policy to the contrary.

In lieu of authorizing eligible members of the Armed Forces to carry a service-issue sidearm, or in addition, the Secretary concerned may implement additional security measures for Armed Forces recruitment centers, including improved structural security measures.



Gun Dealer Accountability Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3853)

To provide the Attorney General with greater discretion in issuing Federal firearms licenses, and to authorize temporarily greater scrutiny of Federal firearms licensees who have transferred a firearm unlawfully or had 10 or more crime guns traced back to them in the preceding 2 years.





Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3830)

To reduce gun violence, increase mental health counseling, and enhance the tracking of lost and stolen firearms.



Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2198)

A bill to establish a grant program to encourage States to adopt certain policies and procedures relating to the transfer and possession of firearms.





Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3813)

To establish a grant program to encourage States to adopt certain policies and procedures relating to the transfer and possession of firearms.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on January 05, 2016, 12:13:17 PM
https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/x431

Here's the Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence PopVox - Submit your comments to your legislators ASAP!!!!
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: Askdrfootball on January 08, 2016, 11:30:35 AM
This is Great, thanks, mind if I Pass it on to my Home state Folks on our Board, and my fellow Arizona Citizens Defense League Members?
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on January 08, 2016, 03:46:17 PM
Pass it on to everyone.

popVox is a nice site that makes communicating with your representatives a bit easier. However, they dont list the bills anymore so you have to do keyword searches or open a bill and use the arrows to go through them sequentially.
Title: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: Askdrfootball on January 08, 2016, 04:07:00 PM
I'm on my Congressman's Facebook page. He's Very Pro 2A/ BOR/Conus
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on June 21, 2016, 11:07:58 PM
Ok...so I have come to the conclusion that popvox's search engine has not improved at all. I'm working with two sites now to find all of the available bills dealing with firearms, hunting, ammunition, knives, etc.

The bills posted after Feb. of 2015 are still on the books technically even though most have never moved out of committee. I'm working as fast as i can to get the info for all of the ones that I have missed. I will be making a lot of posts over the next couple of days in this thread with bills that are relevant to every day citizens (for example, there's a bill that would make it illegal to carry or use a firearm when smuggling illegal immigrants into the US).

Here's round 1:



David Ray Hate Crimes Preventation Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr41)

Amends the federal criminal code to impose penalties for willfully causing bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive device, attempting to cause such injury, whether or not acting under color of law, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person, where the offense is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce.





National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr306)

National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act of 2015 Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations for the collection and compilation of data pertaining to the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers



The National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr402)

Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is carrying a valid, government-issued identification document containing that person's photograph and a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm in one state, and who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm under federal law, to possess or carry a concealed handgun (other than a machine gun or destructive device) in another state in accordance with the restrictions of that state.





Pause for Safety Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr410)

Authorizes the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice to make grants to to assist states in carrying out state legislation that: (1) authorizes family members or close associates of an individual to apply for, and state courts or magistrates to issue, gun violence prevention orders (prohibiting a named individual from owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving firearms because such individual poses a significant threat of personal injury to the individual or others) and gun violence prevention warrants (directing a law enforcement officer to temporarily seize any firearm in the possession of such individual); and (2) requires each law enforcement agency of the state to comply with a procedure that requires a law enforcement officer, in conjunction with performing a wellness check (a visit to an individual's residence to assess whether the individual poses a danger to the individual or others due to a mental, behavioral, or physical condition), to check whether the individual is listed on any of the firearm and ammunition databases of the state or jurisdiction in which the individual resides.



Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2015
(https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr578)

Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.





https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1217 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1217)

Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to reauthorize for FY2016-FY2019 the grant program for improvements to the criminal history record system and Establishes the National Commission on Mass Violence to study the availability and nature of firearms



Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1232)

Revises the Department of Defense's (DOD's) authority to transfer excess personal property to federal and state law enforcement agencies. Removes DOD's authority to transfer property for counter-drug activities. Prohibits transfers of: controlled (i.e., military grade) firearms, ammunition, grenades, and explosives; controlled vehicles, certain trucks, and other highly mobile or mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles; armored or weaponized drones; controlled aircraft that are combat configured or combat coded, or that have no established commercial flight application; silencers; long range acoustic devices; and items in the Federal Supply Class of banned items.





ATF Elimination Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1329)

Rescinds the hiring authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).



Armor-Piercing Bullets Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1358)

Amends the federal criminal code to provide that: (1) a .22 caliber projectile that would otherwise constitute "armor piercing ammunition" shall be considered to be primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes, (2) a projectile that would otherwise constitute "armor piercing ammunition" shall be considered to be primarily intended to be used for a sporting purpose if the projectile is loaded into a cartridge for which the only handgun that is readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade is a single shot handgun.





Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act
(https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1449)


Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, to repeal prohibitions on using appropriated funds: (1) to disclose contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or any information required to be kept by firearms dealers except as specified in such Act; (2) to promulgate or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any firearms business; or (3) for any background check system that does not require the destruction of identifying information submitted for a transferee within 24 hours after the system advises a federal firearms licensee that the transferee's receipt of a firearm is not prohibited.



Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1545)

Amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that each chief executive officer of a federal penal or correctional institution: (1) provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for qualified law enforcement officers employed by the Bureau to store firearms, or allows such officers to store firearms in a vehicle lockbox approved by the Bureau; and (2) allows such officers to carry concealed firearms on the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the institution.





Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1592)

Amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that each chief executive officer of a federal penal or correctional institution: (1) provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for qualified law enforcement officers employed by the Bureau to store firearms, or allows such officers to store firearms in a vehicle lockbox approved by the Bureau; and (2) allows such officers to carry concealed firearms on the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the institution.
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Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr1701)

Denies the District any authority to enact laws or regulations that discourage or eliminate the private ownership or use of firearms for legitimate purposes.





Federal Law Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2137)

This bill authorizes a federal law enforcement officer to carry a government-issued firearm during a covered furlough





Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2216)

Amends federal firearms provisions to expand the definition of: (1) "intimate partner" to include a dating partner or former dating partner; and (2) "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" to include a misdemeanor offense that has, as an element, the use or attempted use of force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon by a dating partner or former dating partner against the victim.



Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2254)

Amends the definition of the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm, (2) such employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns, (3) an employee of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and (4) an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is a department police officer.





Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2259)

Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer of firearms to ship to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States or to clubs composed of such members and spouses, and authorizes such a spouse or club to receive, a firearm or ammunition generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes and intended for the personal use of such spouse or club.





Public Buildings Reform and Savings Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2322)

Authorizes: (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to authorize contract security personnel to carry firearms, and (2) such personnel to detain individuals without a warrant. Directs DHS to establish minimum and uniform training standards for security personnel.



Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2406)

This bill revises a variety of existing programs to expand access to, and opportunities for, hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting.





Lawful Purpose and Self Defense Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2710)

Amends the federal criminal code to modify the definition of "armor piercing ammunition", Repeals a prohibition on assembling from imported parts a semiautomatic rifle or shotgun that is identical to one prohibited from importation as not being suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purpose and more.





Airport Security Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2767)

Directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a program to prohibit all but specified authorized individuals from possessing a firearm at a covered airport, including any individual who enters the airport, or exits public transportation at it, for air travel, meeting another individual, picking up cargo, or employment.



Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2916)

This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for: (1) anyone whose federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, or whose license renewal application has been denied, to transfer business inventory firearms into a personal collection or to an employee of such person or to receive a firearm that was a business inventory firearm as of the date of a revocation or renewal denial notice; and (2) anyone who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice to transfer to any other person a firearm that was a business inventory firearm.





Safer Communities Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr2994)

To protect individuals by strengthening the Nation's mental health infrastructure, improving the understanding of violence, strengthening firearm prohibitions and protections for at-risk individuals, and improving and expanding the reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.





Background Check Completion Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3051)

This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to completion of a background check. (Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.)



Enhancing Safety at Military Installations Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3115)

 to issue a new directive authorizing trained military personnel to carry military-issued firearms on military bases and Armed Forces recruitment facilities.





Military Recruiter Right to Carry Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3138)

This bill states that, notwithstanding any Department of Defense policy or federal, state, or local law to the contrary, a member of the Armed Forces assigned to duty at an Armed Forces recruitment office has the right to carry a personal or service-issue firearm at the office.





Military Base Self-Defense Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3146)

Prohibits: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Secretaries of the military departments from reinstating the firearm bans repealed in this Act or enacting similar restrictions; and (2) the President from taking any executive action, promulgating any rule, or issuing any executive order or regulation to prohibit military personnel from carrying firearms.
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Protecting America's Warriors Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3227)

 any provision in any law, rule, regulation, or executive order that prohibits trained military personnel or trained civilian personnel from carrying officially-issued or personally-owned firearms (defined as handguns only) on a military installation in the United States shall have no force or effect with regard to such military personnel.





Trafficking Reduction and Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3395)

Directs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations that require each firearm manufactured in the United States to be marked with a serial number that is located inside the firearm's receiver or that is visible only in infrared light, in addition to the serial number mark otherwise required and more.





Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3497)

amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit the manufacture or importation of projectiles that may be used in a handgun and that are determined by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to be capable of penetrating body armor; and (2) require DOJ to promulgate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against the Body Armor Exemplar (concerning the protection of law enforcement officers), taking into account variations in performance related to the type of handgun used, the length of the barrel, the amount and kind of powder used to propel the projectile, and the projectile's design.

It prohibits the manufacture, sale, possession, or transfer of any handgun that uses armor piercing ammunition, except: (1) where manufactured and sold exclusively to U.S. military, law enforcement, or intelligence agencies; and (2) by a licensed manufacturer or contractor for the purpose of examining and testing to determine whether such prohibition applies.



Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3713)

It reduces the enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for certain defendants who commit a high-level repeat drug offense, use a firearm in a crime of violence or drug offense after a prior conviction for such offense, or unlawfully possess a firearm after three or more prior convictions. It permits retroactive application of such reductions for defendants without a prior serious violent felony conviction, after a court considers certain factors.





Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3722)

Current law prohibits the sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution. The bill instead prohibits such a sale or disposition to any person who has been adjudicated mentally incompetent or committed to a psychiatric hospital, as defined by the bill.





Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3888)

This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm without a valid license.



Gun Violence Research Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr3926)

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to specifically include injuries from gun violence as a research subject for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Nothing in the CDC's research authorization may be construed to authorize support for advocacy or promotion of gun control.

The CDC must improve the National Violent Death Reporting System, particularly through the voluntary participation of additional states.

Nothing in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may be construed to prohibit a health care provider from discussing guns or gun safety with a patient or reporting a patient's threat of violence.





Flamethrowers? Really? Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4009)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to treat flamethrowers the same as machineguns.





No Guns for Terrorists Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4069)

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale of firearms to individuals suspected of terrorism, and for other purposes.



Visa Waiver Program Firearms Clarification Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4135)

To clarify the definition of nonimmigrant for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code.





HR 4145 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4145)

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study of, and report to the Congress on, secure gun storage or safety devices.





Regulatory Agency Demilitarization Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4164)

This bill prohibits a federal agency from purchasing or using a firearm. The bill excludes the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security, the military departments, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Capitol Police, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency.



Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4214)

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on the sale of firearms by manufacturers, producers, or importers, to: (1) increase the rate of such tax to 20% on pistols, revolvers, and other firearms and on any lower frame or receiver for a firearm; and (2) impose a 50% tax on shells and cartridges. The bill exempts any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States from such tax.





Protect America Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4237)

To increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, and for other purposes.





Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4269)

This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD).

The prohibition does not apply to a firearm that is: (1) manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action; (2) permanently inoperable; (3) an antique; or (4) a rifle or shotgun specifically identified by make and model.
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Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4278)

To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs, and for other purposes.





Arm All Pilots Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4300)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall designate additional training facilities for: firearms training and recurrent training for federal flight deck officers, and initial firearm training and certification of pilots seeking to be deputized as federal flight deck officers.





NICS Denial Notification Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4320)

To provide for the reporting to State and local law enforcement authorities of cases in which the national instant criminal background check system indicates that a firearm has been sought to be acquired by a prohibited person, so that authorities may pursue criminal charges under State law, and to ensure that the Department of Justice reports to Congress on charges brought and prosecutions secured against prohibited persons who attempt to acquire a firearm.





Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4316)

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to hire 200 additional agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.



Second Amendment Defense Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4319)

This bill prohibits a federal government officer or employee from taking an action that limits an individual's conduct related to firearms or ammunition that is more restrictive than limitations in effect as of January 3, 2016.





DC Personal Protection Reciprocity Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4348)

This bill declares that the prohibitions of the District of Columbia Official Code against carrying a pistol within the District either openly or concealed without a license under D.C. law shall not apply to an individual who is: not prohibited by federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm; carrying a valid license or permit for a concealed firearm issued under the law of a state; and carrying a valid identification document containing the individual's photograph. The Metropolitan Police Department, upon application by a person with a bona fide residence or place of business within the United States and a license to carry a concealed pistol under the law of any state or local government, shall issue that person a license to carry a concealed pistol within the District for up to two years from its date of issue, regardless of the applicant's reason for applying for the license.





Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4356)

To ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers





Defending Gun Rights Against Executive Overreach Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4379)

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to further restrict conduct in relation to firearms.



Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
(https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4399)

This bill amends the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to repeal provisions that prohibit state or federal civil actions or administrative proceedings from being brought against firearm or ammunition manufacturers, sellers, importers, dealers, or trade associations for criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm by the person bringing the action or a third party.

The bill lifts the immunity from legal process of the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In state or federal civil actions or administrative proceedings, the contents of the database: (1) shall be subject to discovery and admissible as evidence; and (2) may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner. Testimony or other evidence may also be permitted based on that data.
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Public Buildings Reform and Savings Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4487)

The bill authorizes: (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to authorize contract security personnel to carry firearms, and (2) such personnel to detain individuals without a warrant. DHS must establish minimum and uniform training standards for security personnel.





PASS Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4550)

To permit qualified law enforcement officers, qualified retired law enforcement officers, and persons not prohibited by State law from carrying a concealed firearm to carry a firearm, and to discharge a firearm in defense of self or others, in a school zone.





Hate Crimes Prevention Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4603)

To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.



Family Firearm Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4703)

This bill prohibits a federal government officer or employee from taking an action that limits a firearm transfer between family members, including by way of inheritance, that is more restrictive than limitations in effect as of January 3, 2016.





Imported Assault Weapons Ban of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4748)

To ban the importation of semiautomatic assault weapons, and for other purposes.
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Local Enforcement for Local Lands Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4751)

This bill declares that, by September 30, 2017, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall terminate the Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations unit and cease using Forest Service employees to perform law enforcement functions on federal lands.

Also by such date, the Department of the Interior shall terminate the Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement and cease using Interior employees to perform law enforcement functions on federal lands.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the authority of Interior or USDA to authorize an employee of the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management to carry a firearm for protection while in the field.





Taxpayers Second Amendment Protection Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4824)

To prohibit restrictions on possession, storage, or use of firearms in Federal programs, and for other purposes.



Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4818)

This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make it one of the purposes of the Act to extend financial and technical assistance to the states for the promotion of hunting and recreational shooting.






ATF Enforcement Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4905)

To restore the ability of law enforcement authorities to enforce gun safety laws, and for other purposes.




Keep Kids Safe Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4914)

To amend title 18, United States Code, to place limitations on the possession, sale, and other disposition of a firearm by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children.





Firearms Transfer Improvement Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4928)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to amend the requirement that interstate firearms sales by Federal firearms licensees be made in accordance with the State law where the transaction occurs.



HR 4951 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4951)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow the importation of certain foreign-manufactured firearms components.





Fair Federal Firearms Licensing Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4952)

To impose a deadline by which a person whose Federal firearms license has expired, or is surrendered, or revoked, must liquidate the firearms inventory of any business subject to the license, and for other purposes.





Firearm Due Process Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr4980)

To require the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to make a final disposition of requests to correct its records within 60 days, and for other purposes.





Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5080)

To prevent gun trafficking



Suppressor Export Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5135)

To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that no regulation issued under section 38(a)(1) of that Act, and no policy or practice in implementing such a regulation, may prohibit the otherwise lawful export for sale or transfer of any firearm silencer, or any component, part, accessory or attachment for any firearm silencer, and for other purposes.





Stop Mass Killings By Violent Terrorists Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5470)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require a criminal background check to be conducted before a federally licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer may transfer a large capacity ammunition feeding device to a non-licensee, and to prohibit a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device from being so transferred until the Attorney General has verified that the prospective transferee has truthfully answered questions about whether the prospective transferee has been contacted recently by Federal law enforcement authorities.





HR 5532 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5532)

To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to provide notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in event that a background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm, and for other purposes.
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S 263 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s263)

Prohibits the Department of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm in any area open to the public (other than a federal facility) at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.



Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s368)

Amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that each chief executive officer of a federal penal or correctional institution: (1) provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for qualified law enforcement officers employed by the Bureau to store firearms, or allows such officers to store firearms in a vehicle lockbox approved by the Bureau; and (2) allows such officers to carry concealed firearms on the premises outside of the secure perimeter of the institution.





Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s405)

This bill revises a variety of existing programs to expand access to, and opportunities for, hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting.





Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s556)


Federal public land management officials must facilitate hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting on certain federal public land. Land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management or the Forest Service must be open for hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting unless the managing agency acts to close the land.





Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s659)

This bill revises a variety of existing programs related to hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, and wildlife.



Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s721)

This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years.

The bill urges the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to cooperate with state and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any federal land used as a public target range to encourage its continued use for target practice or marksmanship training.





Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s874)

Declares that nothing in a certain prohibition against killing wild birds and wild animals in the District of Columbia, or any other provision of law, shall authorize or be construed to permit the District of Columbia Council, the Mayor, or any District governmental or regulatory authority to prohibit or unduly burden the ability of persons otherwise not prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law from acquiring or using for lawful purposes any firearm neither prohibited by federal law nor subject to the National Firearms Act.

Denies the District any authority to enact laws or regulations that discourage or eliminate the private ownership or use of firearms for legitimate purposes.





Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s992)

This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4) requiring amounts provided for those costs under such Act to remain available for expenditure and obligation for five fiscal years.

The United States shall be shielded from any civil action or claim for money damages for injury to or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that is funded by the federal government pursuant to such Act or located on federal land, except to the extent provided under the Federal Tort Claims Act with respect to the exercise or performance of a discretionary function.

The bill urges the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to cooperate with state and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste removal and other activities on any federal land used as a public target range to encourage its continued use for target practice or marksmanship training.





Federal Law Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1162)

Grants covered federal law enforcement officers the same rights to carry a government-issued firearm during a covered furlough as they had before such furlough was in effect.



Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1441)

Revises the authority of the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer excess DOD property, including small arms and ammunition, to federal and state agencies for law enforcement activities





Arm All Pilots Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1594)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall designate additional training facilities for:
firearms training and recurrent training for federal flight deck officers, and initial firearm training and certification of pilots seeking to be deputized as federal flight deck officers.





Safer Communities Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1738)

A bill to protect individuals by strengthening the Nation's mental health infrastructure, improving the understanding of violence, strengthening firearm prohibitions and protections for at-risk individuals, and improving and expanding the reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.





Armed Forces Self-Defense Act
(https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1821)

This bill states U.S. policy that Department of Defense (DOD) personnel shall be appropriately armed and have the inherent right to self-defense.
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Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1834)

The bill prohibits the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to, or the possession or receipt of a firearm by, a person subject to a court order, or an ex parte order, that restrains such person from: (1) harassing, stalking, threatening, or engaging in other conduct that would put an individual in reasonable fear of bodily injury, including an order issued at the request of an employer on behalf of its employee or at the request of an institution of higher education on behalf of its student; or (2) intimidating or dissuading a witness from testifying in court.





Military Facilities Force Protection Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1835)

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to station military police or other military personnel armed with firearms at military recruiting and reserve component facilities for the exclusive purpose of force protection.





Servicemembers Self-Defense Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1839)

This bill excludes lands and buildings owned or leased by the Department of Defense (DOD) from the the ban against possession of firearms and dangerous weapons on federal facilities with respect to a qualified member of the Armed Forces.

The possession of a concealed or open-carry firearm by a member of the Armed Forces on a military installation, if lawful under the laws of the state in which the installation is located, is not a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.



Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2002)

Current law prohibits the sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution. The bill instead prohibits such a sale or disposition to any person who has been adjudicated mentally incompetent or committed to a psychiatric hospital, as defined by the bill.

The bill also establishes: (1) procedures for administrative review of a determination that a person has been adjudicated mentally incompetent or committed to a psychiatric hospital, and (2) conditions for removal of records from NICS.





Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s1992)


Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer of firearms to ship to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States or to clubs composed of such members and spouses, and authorizes such a spouse or club to receive, a firearm or ammunition generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes and intended for the personal use of such spouse or club.





Walter Scott Notification Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2112)

A bill to require law enforcement agencies to report the use of lethal force, and for other purposes





Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2123)

The bill reduces from 25 to 15 years the enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who uses a firearm in a crime of violence or drug offense after a prior conviction for such offense. A court may apply the reductions retroactively, after considering certain factors. It reduces from 15 to 10 years the enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for an armed career criminal convicted of unlawful firearm possession after three prior convictions for violent felonies or serious drug offenses. A court may apply the reductions retroactively, after considering certain factors.



NICS Reporting Improvement Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2192)

A bill to ensure that States submit all records of individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm to the national instant criminal background check system.





Hearing Protection Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2236)

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the $200 transfer tax on firearm silencers, and (2) treat any person who acquires or possesses a firearm silencer as meeting any registration or licensing requirements of the National Firearms Act with respect to such silencer. Any person who pays a tax on a silencer after October 22, 2015 may receive a refund of such tax.





Visa Waiver Program Firearms Clarification Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2323)

A bill to clarify the definition of nonimmigrant for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code.





Defend Our Capital Act of 2015 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2359)

This bill requires the District of Columbia Chief of Police to issue a five-year license to carry a concealed firearm on or about the person to any qualified individual who completes the application process.



Defeat ISIS and Protect and Secure the United States Act of 2015
(https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2377)

Closes the "visa program waiver loophole" and the "terrorism gun loophole" and more.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on June 23, 2016, 08:21:33 PM
This is the last post until more bills are proposed:



S 2469 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2469)

This bill amends the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to repeal provisions that prohibit state or federal civil actions or administrative proceedings from being brought against firearm or ammunition manufacturers, sellers, importers, dealers, or trade associations for criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm by the person bringing the action or a third party.





Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2544)

A bill to increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.





S 2594 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2594)

This bill prohibits the Firearms Trace System database maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from being immune from legal process. In state or federal civil actions or administrative proceedings, the contents of the database: (1) shall be subject to discovery and admissible as evidence; and (2) may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner. Testimony or other evidence may also be permitted based on that data.



Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2690)

This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make it one of the purposes of the Act to extend financial and technical assistance to the states for the promotion of hunting and recreational shooting.





Protect America from Homemade Explosives Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2735)

A bill to strengthen the enforcement of explosive materials prohibitions, and for other purposes.





Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2802)

A bill to provide adequate protections for gun owners.





Fix Gun Checks Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s2934)

A bill to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale.



Hate Crimes Prevention Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s3053)

A bill to prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.





S 3058 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s3058)

A bill to require that certain information relating to terrorism investigations be included in the NICS database, and for other purposes.





S 3069 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s3069)

A bill to prevent terrorists from obtaining firearms or explosives.





HR 5504 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5504)

To require that certain information relating to terrorism investigations be included in the NICS database, and for other purposes.



HR 5495 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5495)

To require that certain information relating to terrorism investigations be included in the NICS database, and for other purposes.





HR 5532 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5532)

To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to provide notification to relevant law enforcement agencies in event that a background check conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System determines that a person may not receive a firearm, and for other purposes.





HR 5544 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5544)

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the transfer of a firearm to a person whose name is in the Terrorist Screening Database, and for other purposes.





HR 5546 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5546)

To preempt State laws preventing a major city from regulating firearm-related conduct in the city that occurs in or affects interstate or foreign commerce.



HRes 289 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres289)

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) gun violence is a public health issue; and (2) Congress should expand enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improve the mental health system, and make gun trafficking and straw purchasing a federal crime.





Hres 520 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres520)

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) federal firearms statutes should be rigorously enforced, (2) all appropriate measures should be taken to end the flood of unlawfully purchased firearms into our communities, and (3) adequate resources should be provided to accomplish such purposes.





Hres 541 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres541)

Expresses support for the designation of June 2016 as National Gun Violence Awareness Month.

Calls on the people of the United States to:

promote greater awareness about gun violence and gun safety; concentrate annual heightened attention to gun violence during the summer months, when gun violence typically increases; and bring citizens and community leaders together to discuss ways to make the communities safer.





HRes 656 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres656)

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should not confirm a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court whose professional record or statements display opposition to Second Amendment rights.


HRes 731 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres731)

Expresses the sense that: (1) a requirement for gun manufacturers to include microstamping technology in firearms is costly and punitive, and (2) a requirement for firearms to have such features infringes on Second Amendment rights.





HRes 753 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres753)

Expresses support for the designation of June 2016 as National Gun Violence Awareness Month and June 2, 2016, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

Calls on the people of the United States to:

promote greater awareness of gun violence and gun safety; wear orange on National Gun Violence Awareness Day; concentrate heightened attention on gun violence during the summer months, when gun violence typically increases; and bring citizens and community leaders together to discuss ways to make the communities safer.





SRes (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/sres478)478

Expresses support for the designation of June 2016 as National Gun Violence Awareness Month and June 2, 2016, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

Calls on the people of the United States to:

promote greater awareness of gun violence and gun safety; wear orange on National Gun Violence Awareness Day; concentrate heightened attention on gun violence during the summer months, when gun violence typically increases; and bring citizens and community leaders together to discuss ways to make the communities safer.





SRes 496 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/sres496)

A resolution condemning the terrorist attack on the Pulse Orlando nightclub, honoring the memory of the victims of the attack, offering condolences to and expressing support for their families and friends and all those affected, and applauding the dedication and bravery of law enforcement, emergency response, and counterterrorism officials in responding to the attack.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on August 04, 2016, 08:46:08 PM
HR 5576 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5576)

To authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms and explosives and Federal firearms and explosives licenses and permits to known or suspected terrorists.





HR 5705 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5705)
To authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms and explosives and Federal firearms and explosives licenses and permits to known or suspected terrorists.





HR 5863 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5863)

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to require that firearms purchased with Byrne JAG funds be SMART guns, and for other purposes.





Back the Blue Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5809)

To protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.





Help End Assault Rifle Tragedies (HEART) Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5739)

To prohibit the transfer, loan, or other disposition of a machinegun or semiautomatic assault weapon to an individual under 16 years of age.





Stop Taxing the Second Amendment Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5666)

This bill prohibits a state or local government from imposing a tax on a firearm or ammunition sale that affects interstate commerce.

Additionally, it prohibits a state or local government from imposing a new tax or increasing an existing tax on a background check incident to a firearm or ammunition sale.





Urban Progress Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5671)

To expand economic opportunities, improve community policing, and promote common-sense gun violence prevention in underserved communities, and for other purposes.





HR 5662 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5662)

To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a person employed outside the United States by a Federal agency, who uses, carries, or possesses the firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while on-duty with a firearm issued by the agency.





Homeland Safety and Security Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5611)

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the Office for Partnerships to Prevent Terrorism (OPPT).





The Help End Assault Rifle Tragedies Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s3171)

A bill to prohibit the transfer, loan, or other disposition of a machinegun or semiautomatic assault weapon to an individual under 16 years of age


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 12, 2016, 04:12:42 PM
Only one piece of legislation - that i could locate - has been introduced since Congress has been back



HR 5965 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr5965)

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose their concealed carry or open carry policies with respect to firearms, and for other purposes.


Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: deslafriro on September 15, 2016, 10:26:27 AM
I read through some and alot are confusing.  Which ones
are the good ones and which ones are bad?
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 15, 2016, 03:21:55 PM
Do you have specific bill that is confusing or a question about?  Most firearm related bills are to limit our constitutional rights. Not all, but most.  The popvox page will show you how people are leaning and where they are. If you continue to scroll down you will see who sponsored the bill (sometimes a good indicator for an anti gun bill) and peoples comments.

Start with the description and then go into the full bill text. Keyword searches in the text can help make lengthy bills easier to get through.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: deslafriro on September 16, 2016, 12:06:31 PM
For example the one that says "To amend the Higher Education
Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to
disclose their concealed carry or open carry policies with respect
to firearms, and for other purposes."
Are there places that ban guns and don't tell you about it? It
seems like places that ban guns would want everyone to know
that they can't have a gun there otherwise what's the point of
the ban?  Or does this mean that places where they aren't banned
would put up signs that say guns are allowed?
Other ones have names or descriptions that sound like a good
thing but then further down it sounds like its actually for gun
control.
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on September 16, 2016, 07:47:03 PM
The higher education bill, the full text just now became available, will require universities to disclose its concealed or open carry policies in a prominent place on its website and on all promotional materials used for prospective students and to report all crimes involving a firearm that occur on campus, in or on non-campus buildings/property and on public property near the campus for the previous 2 years. You can decide on what you think of that, but my initial thought was advertising where there are unarmed students.

 As for the names or start of a description, you are right. The Democrats are masters at deception and they hope the majority of people wont read past the title or short description. Like the Hate Crime Prevention Act - "everyone" wants to stop hate crimes, but if you read the full text, it would change the law that says people with felonies lose their gun rights to include those charged with an enhanced misdemeanor for a hate crime lose their gun rights. To me, that's a slippery slope before all enhanced misdemeanors are added.

Or the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms essentially reiterates laws already on the books, with some modifications to punishments. What's the point of that?
Title: Re: The Official GunLink POPVOX Thread To Oppose Gun Control Legislation
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on November 13, 2016, 01:06:40 PM


Export Control Reform Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr6176)

To transfer certain items from the United States Munitions List to the Commerce Control List.





Help Communities Fight Violent Crime Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr6152)

To provide funding for Violent Crime Reduction Partnerships in the most violent communities in the United States, and for other purposes.



Modernizing Firearm Technology Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr6080)

To provide for the availability of personalized handguns from federally licensed firearms dealers, and for other purposes.





Preventing Gun Violence Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr6052)

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession of a firearm by a person who is adjudicated to have committed a violent juvenile act.





Federal Law Enforcement and Public Protection Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr6024)

To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve safety and security for service weapons used by Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.



Back the Blue Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s3184)

A bill to protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. *If you read the full-text, it will make assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon a 20 year sentence.





Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s3252)

This bill requires the chief state election official of each state to establish and operate a system of automatic registration for the registration of eligible individuals to vote for elections for federal office in the state.  *requires the state agency responsible for private firearm ownership to register individuals.





SELECT Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s3415)

A bill to require Federal agencies to issue appropriate identification for the carrying of concealed firearms by qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers.



Export Control Reform ACt of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s3405)

A bill to transfer certain items from the United States Munitions List to the Commerce Control List.





No Explosives or Arms For Terrorists and Criminicals Act (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s3393)

A bill to prevent terrorists and criminals from obtaining explosives and firearms.





Terror Intelligence Improvement Act of 2016 (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/s3332)

A bill to provide appropriate information to Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, pursuant to investigating terrorism, and for other purposes.



Recognizing the 200th Anniversary of the Remington Arms Company (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres870)

Recognizes the Remington Arms Company on its 200th anniversary





H Res 473/b] (https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hres473)

Expressing support for the designation of June as National Gun Violence Awareness Month and calling on Congress to address gun violence.