New Bill Would Prohibit Anyone Adjudicated Violent As A Juvenile

[Devrbd]

Just looking at some recent bills and came across this. Introduced by Congressman Steve Israel (D) of NY on September 15th, 2010 and referred to the Judiciary Committee. Would prohibit a person that committed a violent act as a juvenile. I couldn't find anything on this in the news.

BILL TEXT:

H.R.6137 -- Preventing Gun Violence Act (Introduced in House - IH)

H. R. 6137

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 act while a juvenile.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 15, 2010

Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

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 act while a juvenile.

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 `Preventing Gun Violence Act'.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A PERSON WHO IS ADJUDICATED TO HAVE COMMITTED A VIOLENT ACT WHILE A JUVENILE.

(a) Possession Ban- Section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by striking `or' at the end of paragraph (8);

(2) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting `; or'; and

(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:

`(10) who has been adjudicated by a court of the United States to have committed a violent juvenile act,'.

(b) Violent Juvenile Act Defined- Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(36)(A) The term `violent juvenile act' means an act by a person before the person attains 18 years of age that, if committed by an adult, would be punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year, and--

`(i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against another person; or

`(ii) that by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against another person may be used in the course of committing the act.'.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.6137:

[billamj]

The odds of this passing both houses of congress by the end of the session are slim. Keep an eye open but I certainly wouldn't worry too much.