{"id":203,"date":"2019-01-04T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2019\/01\/04\/one-day-of-new-congress-and-there-are\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:29:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:29:45","slug":"one-day-of-new-congress-and-there-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"One Day Of The New Congress And There Are Already Gun Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6530,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.congress.gov\\\/search?q=%7B%22congress%22%3A%22116%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22legislation%22%2C%22search%22%3A%22firearm%22%7D&amp;searchResultViewType=expanded&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6531,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ruppersberger.house.gov\\\/newsroom\\\/editorials\\\/baltimore-sun-md-congressman-drafts-violence-prevention-program-bill-because&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220920034514\\\/https:\\\/\\\/ruppersberger.house.gov\\\/newsroom\\\/editorials\\\/baltimore-sun-md-congressman-drafts-violence-prevention-program-bill-because&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 15:33:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 15:33:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe 116th Congress has been in session for little more than a day and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/search?q=%7B%22congress%22%3A%22116%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22legislation%22%2C%22search%22%3A%22firearm%22%7D&amp;searchResultViewType=expanded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> we already are seeing gun bills<\/a>. However, they aren&#8217;t all bad. There is even a good knife bill proposed. However, I imagine the really bad ones are in the pipeline. I&#8217;m sure Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA), the Carolyn McCarthy of Georgia and a card carrying Demanding Mom, will have a bill sooner or later.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Good<\/b><\/p>\n<p>HR 38 &#8211; Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) &#8211; This is a reintroduced version of his national reciprocity bill and it even has the same number as last time. 90 co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>HR 88 &#8211; Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) &#8211; To protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and State prohibitions, and to repeal Federal provisions related to switchblade knives which burden citizens. 4 Co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>HR 155 &#8211; Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) &#8211; This bill would remove silencers or suppressors from the definition of firearms. I am presuming this means that they would also be removed from the requirements of the National Firearms Act of 1934. 23 co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>HR 175 &#8211; Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) &#8211; To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. I think this means an updating of FOPA 86 to provide more protection for travelers who have firearms. 0 c0-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>HR 189 &#8211; Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R- MO) &#8211; To provide requirements for the appropriate Federal banking agencies when requesting or ordering a depository institution to terminate a specific customer account, and for other purposes. The intent of this bill is to end Operation Choke Point. 0 Co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Bad<\/b><\/p>\n<p>HR 33 &#8211; Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) &#8211; To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. (Somehow I don&#8217;t think Rep. Rush means the gangbangers and their girlfriends on the southside of Chicago). 0 Co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>HR 49 &#8211; Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) &#8211; 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. Presumably this was inspired by the Charleston church murders. 0 Co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>HR 157 &#8211; Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA) &#8211; To repeal the provisions of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act prohibiting the bringing of qualified civil liability actions in Federal or State court. 0 Co-sponsors. <\/p>\n<p>HR 167 &#8211; Rep. Al Green (D-TX) &#8211; To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a licensed dealer. Presumably closing the non-existent gun show loophole. 1 Co-sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>S 7 &#8211; Sen. Marco Rubio &#8211; (R-FL) &#8211; A bill to provide family members of an individual who they fear is a danger to himself, herself, or others, or law enforcement, with new tools to prevent gun violence. This is the first of the Red Flag laws promised. 3 Co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Rest<\/b><\/p>\n<p>HR 110 &#8211; Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) &#8211; 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 required to be carried while on-duty. 0 Co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>There have been 321 bills or resolutions introduced as of yesterday according to Congress.gov. If I missed any anti-gun bill that was introduced, please list the bill number in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> HR 207 &#8211; Rep. C.A. &#8220;Dutch&#8221; Ruppersberger (D-MD) &#8211; To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program supporting trauma centers with violence intervention and violence prevention programs, and for other purposes. (Given his <a href=\"https:\/\/ruppersberger.house.gov\/newsroom\/editorials\/baltimore-sun-md-congressman-drafts-violence-prevention-program-bill-because\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-gun stance<\/a>, this bill should probably be in the bad column.)<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 116th Congress has been in session for little more than a day and we already are seeing gun&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[393,45,492,211],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-116th-congress","tag-gun-control","tag-gun-rights","tag-knife-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11668,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/11668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}