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From: lvc@world.std.com
Subject: ALERT: H.R. 3488 - One-A-Month Gun Bill
This was posted by Hal_Berenson@msn.com (Hal Berenson) in talk.politics.guns:
(The New Gun Week, 6/20/96)
The bill sponsored by Rep. Charles Schumer (D-NY) to limit handgun
sales to one-a-month (HR-3488) would also increase the penalty for
knowingly making flase statements in conncetion with the transfer of
a firearm.
The bill would amend Title 18 of the US Code, Sec. 924 (a)(3) by
changing the statutory penalty from one year to 10 years.
In addition, the bill would establish a nationwide handgun rationing
system by prohibiting the sale to anyone not an FFL holder of more
than one handgun in any 30-dayt period.  The bill also criminalizes
the purchase of more than one handgun a month by any one not a
licensee.
The prohibition would not apply in cases where one handgun is traded
in on another handgun or exchaged for a different one.  HR-3488 has
been referred to the House Judiciary Committee.  While the committee
is not expected to act on the measure in this session of Congress,
some observers believe that Schumer and his anti-gun allies will try
to move the proposal as an amendment to other pending legislation.
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