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Gun buybacks do nothing to curb crime or reduce violence. Wasting tax money on firearms that have largely been out of circulation or already used in criminal behavior and doing so with arguably illegal transfers.
Title: Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2021
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs, and for other purposes.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 12, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3159/all-info
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47 sponsors: Donald Payne (D); Mike Quigley (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Jake Auchincloss (D); Betty McCollum (D); Brian Higgins (D); Danny Davis (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Tom Malinowski (D); Frank Pallone (D); David Cicilline (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Albio Sires (D); Grace Meng (D); Dwight Evans (D); Robin Kelly (D); Jahana Hayes (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Gwen Moore (D); James Himes (D); Adriano Espaillat (D); Ro Khanna (D); Brenda Lawrence (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); Barbara Lee (D); Ed Perlmutter (D); Henry Johnson (D); Bobby Rush (D); Pramila Jayapal (D); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D); Sean Casten (D); Bill Pascrell (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Andre Carson (D); Judy Chu (D); David Scott (D); Kathy Manning (D); Diana DeGette (D); G. Butterfield (D); Yvette Clarke (D); Hakeem Jeffries (D); Luis Correa (D); Jesus Garcia (D); Terri Sewell (D); Joyce Beatty (D); Emanuel Cleaver (D); Lisa Rochester (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | May 12 2021 | Introduced in House |
House | May 12 2021 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Jun 22 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill