Bill would put background checks on bullets

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https://www.readingeagle.com/news/ar...cks-on-bullets

The background checks for ammunition would work the same way as background checks for firearms.
Written by Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON — Last month, Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a plan to expand background checks on gun purchases.

Now, Parkland parent Fred Guttenberg and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz are offering a new plan to require universal background checks on ammunition purchases. The bill is named after Guttenberg's daughter Jaime, one of 17 students and staff killed on Valentine's Day last year at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

“We have a gun violence death rate in this country right now of approximately 40,000 per year. It is not normal,” Guttenberg said. “In the time that we do this press conference, somebody will learn they are a victim of gun violence, somebody will be buried who is a victim of gun violence and somebody will be planning the funeral for a victim of gun violence. I am not OK with that.”

The background checks for ammunition would work the same way as background checks for firearms. Every time someone of legal age attempts to purchase ammunition, the buyer would be subject to a background check, which Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said would take 30 seconds to one minute to complete.

Guttenberg acknowledged that the bill's chances of passing the Republican-controlled Senate are low, though he thinks voters in 2020 will punish Senate Republicans who refuse to vote in favor of tighter gun restrictions.

“We're going to remind everyone in the Senate about what happened in the House last election,” Guttenberg said. “A lot of people who were wrong on this issue got fired. Put it up for a vote, pass this legislation, or we'll flip the Senate on this issue.”

Guttenberg allies, including Parkland Rep. Ted Deutch, Connecticut Sens. Murphy and Richard Blumenthal along with March For Our Lives activists, were present at the bill's unveiling on Wednesday.

Florida Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott have previously said they don't support bills to expand background checks.

[Square Bag]

This garbage is getting unsettling.

[Carson]

Do they have any plans for the tens of millions of rounds of ammo already in civilian hands ?

[JenniferG]

Buy it cheap and stack it deep.

[Hodgie]

Do they have any plans for the tens of millions of rounds of ammo already in civilian hands ?

Remember we are most likely dealing with a couple of half wits who think that 50-100 rounds is a huge amount.

[GunLawyer001]

If they un-do the good parts of the 1986 FOPA, we might as well repeal the entire act. All of it.

[ArmyVet]

This is for ammo and not bullets?

[Walleye Hunter]

They are going full retard and I hope it backfires on them (if it doesn't we're in deep shit).

Do they have any plans for the tens of millions of rounds of ammo already in civilian hands ?

I would expect them to give us a few months to take inventory and report it to them.

[Roadking]

My revolver holds 6 rounds, and I have 6 spares...is that too much?

[fallenleader]

they recycle these bills every year ad nauseam. now they're playing the "but the children" card in the bill itself. by naming it.
so what about reloaders?
and what about the trillions in circulation?
what about black powder?
is dws's family member still leading the investigation into her and her lovers, the awan brothers?
what about person to person transfers?
if i pick up a stray abandoned round at the range am i a felon?
how about enforcement?
what if we make our own powder and lead castings?