H.R. 227

H.R. 227 –

This bill would amend 18 U.S.C. 922(x) — making it difficult to legally teach your kids the safe and effective use of firearms — by extending 

H.R. 227

(Jackson Lee):

This bill would:

  • amend 18 U.S.C. 922(x) — making it difficult to legally teach your kids the safe and effective use of firearms — by extending the subsection’s labyrinthine provisions concerning handguns to semiautos (and semiauto clips) and to persons less than 21 (rather than 18), with certain exceptions;
  • increase the penalties for violating 18 U.S.C. 922(x) to five years generally, but ten years in some circumstances;
  • enhance lock-up-your-safety provisions (1) to provide for a three year prison sentence if you keep a loaded gun in your home for self-defense and a child gains access to it and causes serious bodily injury; (2)to allow $10,000 civil penalties for gun dealers who fail to comply with lock-up-your safety requirements;
  • provide that it is “child abandonment” to allow your kid to be unaccompanied at a gun show (even to go to the bathroom);
  • provide for grants for “gun safety programs.”

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