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sarisataka

(21,040 posts)
Fri May 20, 2022, 07:12 PM May 2022

Senate Democrats propose DOJ license requirement for gun purchases

Senate Democrats propose DOJ license requirement for gun purchases

A trio of senators plan to introduce legislation on Thursday that will require residents to acquire a Department of Justice (DOJ) license before purchasing or obtaining a legal firearm. 

The bill would also raise the legal age for obtaining a firearm to 21 years old.

The bill was introduced by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).

It has virtually no chance of becoming law given GOP opposition, but gives a sense of the breadth of restrictions on gun access that some lawmakers would favor imposing in the wake of years of mass shootings in the nation.

https://thehill.com/news/senate/3494092-senate-democrats-propose-doj-license-requirement-for-gun-purchases/
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Senate Democrats propose DOJ license requirement for gun purchases (Original Post) sarisataka May 2022 OP
Recent court rulings ManiacJoe May 2022 #1
This process, which melm00se May 2022 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 May 2022 #3
Doing nothing is better than doing the wrong thing. ManiacJoe May 2022 #4
You are Rebl2 May 2022 #6
Please point out sarisataka May 2022 #5

melm00se

(5,069 posts)
2. This process, which
Tue May 24, 2022, 09:12 AM
May 2022

centralizes the entire process, is just ripe for abuse by an anti-gun administration by underfunding (or hell, not funding at all) the necessary personnel to process their applications.

More than likely, the Courts would take a very dim view on such a law especially if (or when) this stretches the process out to the length of time to process an NFA form 4 application (currently running north of 6 months). This creates a de facto ban on the purchase of a firearm.

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ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
4. Doing nothing is better than doing the wrong thing.
Tue May 24, 2022, 05:38 PM
May 2022

Unfortunately, politicians are not interested in spending the time and money to solve the underlying social-economic problems.

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