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TITLE II–RECORD OF SALE OR TRANSFER
SEC. 201. SALE OR TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFYING FIREARMS.
It will be illegal to sell, deliver, receive or otherwise transfer a qualifying firearm to, or for, any person who is not a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, unless the transferee presents a valid firearms permit issued under HR 45.
You must verify with either the Attorney General or “head of State agency” that the individual has a valid firearms permit, and the sale will be given an authorized tracking number. The Government will have record of every gun sale made in the country.
SEC. 202. FIREARM RECORDS.
You will have up to 14 days to report the sale of any qualifying firearms, and must include the following information:
(1) the manufacturer of the firearm;
(2) the model name or number of the firearm;
(3) the serial number of the firearm;
(4) the date on which the firearm was received by the transferee;
(5) the number of a valid firearm license issued to the transferee under title I of this Act; and
(6) the name and address of the individual who transferred the firearm to the transferee.
A government-operated database for tracking all gun sales will be established “Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish and maintain a Federal record of sale system, which shall include the information included in each report submitted to the Attorney General
TITLE III–ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS
SEC. 301. UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENT.
All gun owners will be required to have a background check. The only exceptions to this are infrequent (what does the government consider “infrequent”?) transfers of a firearm by gift, bequest, intestate succession or other means by an individual to a close family member, or to any loan of a firearm for any lawful purpose for not more than 30 days between persons who are personally known to each other.’.
SEC. 302. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN OR PERMIT INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
It will be illegal for a licensed manufacturer or a licensed dealer to fail to comply with section 202, or to maintain such records or supply such information as the Attorney General may require in order to ascertain compliance with such Act and the regulations and orders issued under such Act.’. In other words, gun manufacturers and dealers will have to keep a complete audit trail of all transactions with enough detail to prove to the Attorney General that they are in compliance with HR 45.
SEC. 303. FAILURE TO REPORT LOSS OR THEFT OF FIREARM.
You will be required to report any theft or loss of a firearm to the Attorney General within 72 hours after the loss or theft is discovered. This can open up a real can of worms. First, you have up to 72 hours to do your own investigation to determine whether the gun is lost, stolen or misplaced, because the last thing you want is the government to begin its own investigation.
In dealing with audits, I can give you an idea of how the investigation will go. You will have to:
1- Provide investigators with a list of everyone who had access to your house so that they may be investigated as well;
2- Prove that your guns were secured as required and that you have a valid firearms permit, and all your documentation is in order;
3- Conduct an inventory of all your firearms and provide the investigator with your registration information to “facilitate traceability”;
4- If the gun is “lost”, justify to the investigator how you lost control of the gun, as well as provide all details related to the loss.
5- Investigations are not quick, and any investigation will certainly take up a good deal of your time with follow-up questions and so forth. Any inconsistencies in the facts will likely place you at the center of the investigation.
SEC. 304. FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Just as sex offenders must register any change of address, so must gun owners. “It shall be unlawful for any individual to whom a firearm license has been issued under title I of Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 to fail to report to the Attorney General a change in the address of that individual within 60 days of that change of address.”
Registering any change of address is bad enough, but does it mean that there will be a national registry of gun owners that can be searched on the Internet? If so, not only have you lost your right to privacy, but you could be a target for anti-gun radicals and criminals looking to steal guns.
