Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Rep. Renzi Set To Introduce Bill Expediting Out-of-State Gun Purchases
Pro-gun Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) is getting set to chip away at the
mountain of gun control laws and regulations that are hampering gun
owners in this country.
Under current law, a person who travels to, say, a gun show
out-of-state and buys a handgun from a licensed dealer must have the
firearm shipped to a second gun dealer in the buyer's home state.
As gun control laws have been added piecemeal over the years, it has
forced gun owners to deal with conflicting and redundant
requirements. Furthermore, the interstate requirements for buying a
gun have needlessly forced gun dealers to ship firearms via
commercial carriers, thus subjecting them to being lost, damaged or
stolen.
To counteract this, Rep. Renzi is set to introduce the Firearm
Transfer Improvement Act in the next few days. Renzi says that
because gun dealers must comply with the laws of two different states
in addition to federal law, these regulations are both "redundant and
costly." It is bad enough that the national government has created
an unconstitutional federal background check system, but we still
have this 1968 interstate ban left over.
"My legislation simply states that federal law and the law of the
state of the seller must be complied with for all firearms sales,"
Renzi said. "It also applies the same rules to rifles and shotguns,
which are currently handled differently than handguns."
In other words, the Renzi bill will allow you to travel out-of-state
to purchase firearms in a way that you have not been able to do since
1968. Imagine that you live in Virginia and you are traveling to
Missouri for Christmas. You stop at a gun show in West Virginia to
buy your mom and dad a matched pair of commemorative Colt .45s.
Had you made the purchase in your home state, you could only have
done so after a lengthy process, as Virginia has an ill-advised
one-handgun-a-month law. But since you are making the purchase in
West Virginia, you simply have to comply with the laws in the
SELLER'S state (under the language in the Renzi bill). Hence,
assuming you are not a prohibited person, you can buy the guns from
the dealer, continue traveling to the state of your destination with
your new purchases and enjoy Christmas with your family. (No
shipping costs or waiting periods apply!)
ACTION: Please urge your congressman to become an original cosponsor
of the Renzi bill. This bill still does not have a number, but you
can refer to it as the Firearm Transfer Improvement Act.
To identify your Representative, as well as to send a message via
e-mail, see the Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm on the GOA website.
Rep. Renzi Set To Introduce Bill Expediting Out-of-State Gun Purchases
Pro-gun Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) is getting set to chip away at the
mountain of gun control laws and regulations that are hampering gun
owners in this country.
Under current law, a person who travels to, say, a gun show
out-of-state and buys a handgun from a licensed dealer must have the
firearm shipped to a second gun dealer in the buyer's home state.
As gun control laws have been added piecemeal over the years, it has
forced gun owners to deal with conflicting and redundant
requirements. Furthermore, the interstate requirements for buying a
gun have needlessly forced gun dealers to ship firearms via
commercial carriers, thus subjecting them to being lost, damaged or
stolen.
To counteract this, Rep. Renzi is set to introduce the Firearm
Transfer Improvement Act in the next few days. Renzi says that
because gun dealers must comply with the laws of two different states
in addition to federal law, these regulations are both "redundant and
costly." It is bad enough that the national government has created
an unconstitutional federal background check system, but we still
have this 1968 interstate ban left over.
"My legislation simply states that federal law and the law of the
state of the seller must be complied with for all firearms sales,"
Renzi said. "It also applies the same rules to rifles and shotguns,
which are currently handled differently than handguns."
In other words, the Renzi bill will allow you to travel out-of-state
to purchase firearms in a way that you have not been able to do since
1968. Imagine that you live in Virginia and you are traveling to
Missouri for Christmas. You stop at a gun show in West Virginia to
buy your mom and dad a matched pair of commemorative Colt .45s.
Had you made the purchase in your home state, you could only have
done so after a lengthy process, as Virginia has an ill-advised
one-handgun-a-month law. But since you are making the purchase in
West Virginia, you simply have to comply with the laws in the
SELLER'S state (under the language in the Renzi bill). Hence,
assuming you are not a prohibited person, you can buy the guns from
the dealer, continue traveling to the state of your destination with
your new purchases and enjoy Christmas with your family. (No
shipping costs or waiting periods apply!)
ACTION: Please urge your congressman to become an original cosponsor
of the Renzi bill. This bill still does not have a number, but you
can refer to it as the Firearm Transfer Improvement Act.
To identify your Representative, as well as to send a message via
e-mail, see the Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm on the GOA website.
I’ll concede that a hunting rifle is OK, but isn’t Christmas ostensibly a time when we temporarily set aside our conflicts? I think ‘peace on Earth, good will towards men’ is the operative catch phrase here. Bear in mind too, that this is coming from the board’s most outspoken atheist…
