H.R. 3947, introduced just three days after the horrible shooting in Las Vegas is being advertised as a bipartisan bump fire stock ban. It actually could ban all semi-automatic rifles in the United States, according to an analysis of the proposed bill.
GUN GABBERS “BUMP STOCK BAN” BILL WOULD/COULD BAN ALL SEMI – AUTOMATIC RIFLES
H.R. 3947 , introduced just three days after the horrible shooting in Las Vegas is being advertised as a bipartisan bump fire stock ban. It actually could ban all semi – automatic rifles in the United States, according to an analysis of the proposed bill.
H.R. 3947, with 189 sponsors, never bans bump fire stocks by name. Instead, the proposal bans any person from possessing or making any part that could be u sed to increase the rate of fire in any semi – automatic rifle.
Aftermarket triggers, such as those made by Timney, CMC, Geissele and a dozen others, are lighter and smoother and thus increase the rate of fire.
The proposed legislation never specifies a b ase rate of fire against which any illegal increases would be judged, a potentially fatal flaw in the bill’s drafting.
Buffer Springs, gas blocks and all sorts of replacement parts for any firearms would render the firearm able to fire faster. Would this render them illegal? Yes, and there is no grandfather provision. They become illegal when the bill becomes law.
This is one of the most dangerous threats to our freedom being disguised as a way to stop madmen like the one in Las Vegas.
H. R. 3947
1ST SESSION
To prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BASS, Mrs.
BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. CLARK of Mas- sachusetts, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CRIST, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. EVANS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HIMES, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KIHUEN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Geor- gia, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CARO- LYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms.
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WALZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MENG, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCHRADER, and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Automatic Gunfire
Prevention Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON POSSESSION OF CERTAIN FIRE-
ARM ACCESSORIES.
Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) in section 922, by inserting after subsection
(u) the following:
‘‘(v)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), on and
after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment
of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person to
import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or af-
fecting interstate or foreign commerce, a trigger crank,
a bump-fire device, or any part, combination of parts,
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component, device, attachment, or accessory that is de-
signed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semi-
automatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle
into a machinegun.
‘‘(2) This subsection does not apply with respect to
the importation for, manufacture for, sale to, transfer to,
or possession by or under the authority of, the United
States or any department or agency thereof or a State,
or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof.’’;
and
(2) in section 924(a)(2), by striking ‘‘, or (o)’’
and inserting ‘‘(o), or (v)’’.
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