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Although S. 649, Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-NV) anti-gun proposal, was pulled from the Senate floor, Reid promised the group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense that he would bring up the bill before the midterm elections in 2014.
It was reported by CNN that NYC Mayor Bloomberg hosted a fundraiser for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) at his home in July.
Although the House of Representatives is not considering any gun control legislation until the Senate passes a bill, the House is considering other gun issues. The House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs of the House Veterans Affairs Committee approved HR-602 setting terms so veterans who are adjudicated mentally incompetent cannot be added to the NICS system denying them their right to own a firearm without the “order or finding” of a judge that the veteran is a “danger to himself or herself or others.” The House Appropriations Committee during consideration of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2014 approved an amendment that includes a one-year ban on federal funding for implementation by the State Department of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). As we reported earlier another defunding of the ATT was included in H.R. 1960, the Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014. The Kelly amendment was targeted at Defense Department appropriations.
Two new anti-gun bills have been introduced in Congress. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-TX) Justice Exists for Us All Act (H.R. 2812) would penalize states that did not require a “duty to retreat” by cutting previously allocated funds by 20%. In the Senate Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced S. 1337, the Crime Gun Tracing Act, that would reward police departments that traced more guns. Seven anti-gun senators added their names as co-sponsors.
Several Democrat representatives including Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), and John Tierney (D-MA) have introduced many anti-gun measures that as of the August recess have not been considered in the House Judiciary Committee. Yet on July 17 when the House Appropriations Committee met to approve the Fiscal Year 2014 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill there were two attempts to subvert current law that protects gunowners. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) proposed an amendment to allow the release of firearms trace data for purposes other that legitimate law enforcement. Lee’s amendment was defeated 30-18. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) also proposed an anti-gunowner amendment that would have allowed the federal government to use “government terrorist lists” to deny Second Amendment rights. Lowey’s amendment went down 29-10. An amendment by Rep. John R. Carter (R-TX) to stop ATF’s requirement that Southwestern FFLs report sales of two or more semi-automatic rifles within 5 days to a single individual was passed.
Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced H.R. 2247, the “Collectible firearms Protection Act.” This bill would allow the importation of US origin “curio or relic” firearms into the country bypassing State Department restrictions.
On June 14 the House of Representatives passed a resolution that stated any active duty member of the military living in Washington, DC, should have the right to carry a gun. More
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