FC: Buy or sell or advertise a gun online, go to jail

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[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.'.


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