Sen. Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren [Fraud-MA] and Georgia’s Rep. Hank “Tippy” Johnson [Addled-GA04] have filed S. 3407, “A bill to end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.” Bill text is not yet available, but the Firearms Policy Coalition expects this to be a re-run of their old H.R. 5717, a veritable victim disarmament wishlist; you might remember that monstrosity.
Johnson’s F******k post supports that notion.
- Federal gun licensing
- “Assault weapons” ban
- Universal preemptively-prove-your-innocence checks
- Ban “undetectable/untraceable” guns
- Nastier ATF FFL inspections
- Minimum gun/ammo purchasing age of 21y
- 7 day waiting periods to buy
- Gun storage laws
- Ban guns for domestic abusers (that’s already law, so I expect he means for unconvicted accused), and “stalkers” so be careful following people on eX-Twitter or F******k.
- School campus gun bans
- Standard capacity mag bans
- No-due process red flag laws
- Manufacturer liability for third party misuse (bye-bye, PLCA Act)
- Higher taxes on firearms
- Bribes to states to inflict more 2A infringements
- Funding for anti-gun “research”
- Funding for “violence intervention” (not more cops, one presumes) and “prevention” programs (which always turn out so well)
Tippy tells us we can get more information at HANKJOHNSON.HOUSE.GOV/GVPCSA, which alternately goes to a 503 SERVICE UNAVAILABLE message, or his home page, which only recursively has the link to his F******k post directing you back to his House website.
I’ll know more when the bill text is published. But a lot of what Tippy listed is stuff that courts are already questioning or striking down: age limits, prohibited status without convictions, magazine limits, gun owner licensing.
Seems like none of of those have much of a general, historical legal tradition.
The good news is that GovTrack gives this a zero percent chance of passing. One indicator is that it’s apparently been referred to the Senate Finance committee, not Judiciary; that suggests it was specifically sent there to die. Probably because no Dim actually wants to be seen trying to pass this with the 2024 elections coming up.
