Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Forcing further restrictions and responsibilities on gun manufacturers and dealers adding to an already near untenable amount of obligations and financial burdens.
Title: Firearms Retailer Code of Conduct Act of 2020
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Civil actions and liability: Crime prevention: Crimes against property: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Employment and training programs: Firearms and explosives: Fraud offenses and financial crimes: Government information and archives: Licensing and registrations: Life, casualty, property insurance: Mental health: Retail and wholesale trades: Smuggling and trafficking
Description: To require federally licensed firearms manufacturers, importers, and dealers and their employees to undergo annual training to be eligible to sell a firearm, to require a notice to be posted at retail firearms locations that describes the signs of unlawful firearms purchases, to require such licensees to maintain a minimum level of business liability insurance, and for other purposes.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: August 7, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7977/all-info
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15 sponsors: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D); Robin Kelly (D); Theodore Deutch (D); David Cicilline (D); James Langevin (D); Eric Swalwell (D); Jason Crow (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Grace Napolitano (D); Joseph Morelle (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Joyce Beatty (D); Adam Schiff (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Aug 7 2020 | Introduced in House |
| House | Aug 7 2020 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Sep 4 2020 | 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