To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of handguns and for a record of sale system for handguns, and for other purposes.
Title II: Record of Sale or Transfer - Provides criminal penalties for the unauthorized sale or transfer of a handgun. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and maintain a Federal handgun record of sale system.
Title III: Additional Prohibitions - Provides additional prohibitions on the: (1) unauthorized sale, delivery, or transfer of a handgun to any person other than a licensee, with an exception; (2) failure to maintain or permit inspection of records; (3) failure to report loss or theft of a firearm; and (4) failure to provide notice of a licensee change of address.
Outlines provisions for the prevention of child access to firearms and their ammunition.
Title IV: Enforcement - Provides criminal penalties for violations of requirements under this Act.
Title V: Firearm Injury Information and Research - Requires the Secretary to establish and maintain a firearm injury information clearinghouse, conduct continuing studies and investigations of firearms-related deaths and injuries, and collect and maintain current production and sales figures for each licensed firearm manufacturer.
Title VI: Effect on State Law - Authorizes the Secretary to certify State handgun licensing and record of sale systems.
Title VII: Relationship to Other Law - Subordinates provisions of this Act to provisions of the Arms Export Control Act.
Title VIII: Inapplicability - Makes this Act inapplicable to official conduct of Federal or State governmental authorities.
Title IX: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective one year after enactment.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
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