PA Bill Number: HB335
Title: In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.
Description: In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons. ...
Last Action: Removed from table
Last Action Date: May 1, 2024
Gun Stories of the Week: Gun Bills Would Help Vets Publicly Challenge FBI Background Checks :: 04/24/2016
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on April 19 introduced the Senate companion of the Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act, noting it would help nearly 200,000 veterans from potentially losing their right to keep and bear arms.
The VA has reportedly declared 260,381 veterans with fiduciary trustees to the background check system as “mentally defective.” According to the Congressional Research Service, more than 99 percent of all names reported to NICS as “mental defective” are provided by the VA.
Paul’s bill would abolish Obama’s executive action which allows the infringement on the gun rights of 4.2 million citizens enrolled in the SSA and VA and would restore gun rights to veterans, seniors and others who have already had their gun rights revoked.
“I refuse to stand idly by while the Obama administration unilaterally strips away gun rights from our nation’s veterans and seniors. The Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act will provide necessary protection for gun-owning Americans, and ultimately ensure that the Second Amendment is not infringed upon,” Paul said in a statement.
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) introduced the House version of the bill. His bill is also aimed at making it easier for people who have been denied a gun because they failed a background check to have inaccurate information removed from records.
This could include "mismatched fingerprints and inaccurate criminal history records,” Emmer explained to Tim Devaney of thehill.com.
According to Emmer, the FBI has stopped considering appeals from prospective gun owners who want to remove inaccurate information from their records. His bill would give the FBI 60 days to make a determination on an appeal.
The bill would also require the FBI to report the total number of appeals it receives.
“This president’s executive actions on guns should not deprive law-abiding Americans of their constitutional right to due process,” Emmer said in a statement.
For more, go to:
— Gun bill would help public challenge FBI background checks
— Proposed Gun Rights Protection Act Gains Support
— Emmer Strengthens Rights for Law-Abiding Gun Purchasers
— Protecting Gun Rights and Due Process Act
