New Bill: handguns that cant be personalized are banned

[NExd]

H. R. 1423
To ban the manufacture, sale, delivery, and transfer of handguns that cannot be personalized, and to provide for a report to the Congress on the commercial feasibility of personalizing firearms.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 17, 2005
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. WEINER, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. CAPUANO, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL
To ban the manufacture, sale, delivery, and transfer of handguns that cannot be personalized, and to provide for a report to the Congress on the commercial feasibility of personalizing firearms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the 'Childproof Handgun Act of 2005'.
SEC. 2. BAN ON MANUFACTURE, SALE, DELIVERY, AND TRANSFER OF HANDGUNS THAT CANNOT BE PERSONALIZED.
(a) In General- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
'(z)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person who is not a licensed collector to manufacture, sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun that cannot be personalized.
'(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any manufacture for, or sale, delivery, or transfer to, an individual acting under the authority of the United States or any department or agency of the United States, or of any State or any department, agency, or political subdivision of a State.'.
(b) Personalized Defined- Section 921(a) of such title ((18 USCA 921)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
'(36) The term 'personalized' means, with respect to a handgun, that integral to the handgun is a device or feature that--
'(A) allows the handgun to be fired only by a particular individual;
'(B) is not capable of being readily deactivated; and '(C) may allow the handgun to be personalized to 1 or more additional individuals.'.
(c) Penalty- Section 924(a) of such title ((18 USCA 924)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
'( Whoever knowingly violates section 922(z) shall be fined not more than $500,000, imprisoned not more than 18 months, or both. The fine otherwise applicable under section 3571 shall not apply to an offense under section 922(z).'.
(d) Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall apply to conduct engaged in after the 5-year period that begins with the date of the enactment of this Act if the report required by section 3 states that the technology to personalize firearms (within the meaning of section 921(a)(36) of title 18, United States Code) will be commercially feasible by the end of such 5-year period.
SEC. 3. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ON TECHNOLOGY TO PERSONALIZE FIREARMS.
(a) Study- The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the state of the technology involved in personalizing firearms (within the meaning of section 921(a)(36) of title 18, United States Code) and determine whether such technology will be commercially feasible within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Report to the Congress- Within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a written report on the results of the study required by subsection (a).
(c) Commercial Feasibility- In determining whether the technology involved in personalizing firearms is commercially feasible, the Comptroller General shall consider the following factors:
(1) The reliability of the technology utilized in personalized firearms.
(2) The difference between the manufacturer's suggested retail price for personalized firearms and the manufacturer's suggested retail price for equivalent firearms that are not personalized.
(3) Such other criteria as the Comptroller General deems appropriate.
2005 CONG US HR 1423
END OF DOCUMENT

[DigMe]

For those who don't want to read through it when they say "personalized" they are basically talking about smart gun technology in which an electronic device makes it so that the gun cannot be shot by anyone except for the owner of the gun or the person to whom it's registered.

brad cook

[bd]

Crap!

I thought we was talkin' bling!

bd

[mr0w1]

This is such a wonderful idea. Just like electronic voting machines. Technology will save us! Huzzah!

[BeardXXXd]

-hello 911..
yes what is your emergency
-someone broke into my house .. i need you to send an officer now.. the battery in my gun died.
an officer will be there in 10 mins. thank you for calling

thud thud thud [img]energizer bunny[/img] thud thud thud

i can see the comercials now

[Arrowman]

Originally Posted by BeardXXXd

-hello 911..
yes what is your emergency
-someone broke into my house .. i need you to send an officer now.. the battery in my gun died.
an officer will be there in 10 mins. thank you for calling

thud thud thud [img]energizer bunny[/img] thud thud thud

i can see the comercials now

ROFLMAO. god damn stupid %&^&ing politicians. how much more stupid bull**** can they throw at us.

[sjp2452]

I'm an electrical engineer. I can tell you first hand that any kind of electrical system has a failure rate. Sometimes it can be predicted with good accuracy, sometimes it can't. I have to believe that with biometrics, the failure rates (and the accuracy thereof) will not be encouraging. I wonder--will LEO's be willing to adopt these? Doubt it...

[Brickboy240]

More silly legislation from the blue state libs in the northeast.

Nice.

(why...oh why...couldn't we have won the Civil War?)

-Brickboy240

[aiformula]

Originally Posted by Brickboy240

(why...oh why...couldn't we have won the Civil War?)

-Brickboy240

because you weren't making the guns.... oh the irony of it all.

[MrTuffPaws]