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FC: Buy or sell or advertise a gun online, go to jail
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 11:40:40 -0400
[CSPAN asked me to talk about gun sales online, and I mentioned this. It's a pretty far-reaching bill. No matter what one thinks of gun control, it seems odd to me to restrict gun ads online but not in newspaper classifieds. It's still in subcommittee. --DBM] http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:h.r.01702: HR 1702 IH 106th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1702 To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban using the Internet to obtain or dispose of a firearm. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 5, 1999 Mrs. MINK of Hawaii (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban using the Internet to obtain or dispose of a firearm. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. BAN ON USING THE INTERNET TO OBTAIN OR DISPOSE OF A FIREARM. (a) PROHIBITIONS- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (y) the following: `(z) It shall be unlawful for any person to use the Internet to obtain or dispose of, or offer to obtain or dispose of a firearm.'. (b) PENALTIES- Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: `(7) Whoever willfully violates section 922(z) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.'. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to majordomo () vorlon mit edu with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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