Proposed: Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013

[james_bond_007]

Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013

Source: http://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/amm...ck-act-of-2013

This month, Senator Blumenthal will introduce legislation to require instant background checks on sales of ammunition.

Under current law, it is illegal to sell both firearms and ammunition to certain groups, including,

• felons
• fugitives
• drug addicts
• people deemed “mentally defective” by a court, or committed to a mental institution
• persons under a protective order for, or convicted of, domestic abuse

But under current law, firearms and ammunition are not treated the same way. If a felon walks into a store licensed to sell firearms and tries to buy a gun, the store will run an instant background check of an FBI database (National Instant Background Check System, or NICS), and the purchase will be denied. By contrast, if a felon walks into the same store to buy ammunition, he can load up an entire shopping cart with ammunition, pay up, and walk out, no questions asked. The store is not required to run an instant background check for ammo purchases. In fact, the store couldn't run a background check even if it wanted to – because the FBI database is only available for firearms purchases, not for ammo.

Background checks have worked in many cases to keep firearms from falling into the wrong hands.

• According to the FBI, over the last decade, more than 100 million background checks have been run on firearms purchases.
• The vast majority of checks took about 30 seconds. And approximately 700,000 people under the law were prohibited from purchasing guns – including felons, domestic abusers, and the mentally ill.

The Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013 would require that every buyer of ammunition would undergo an instant background check under the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System (NICS).

• Federally licensed gun dealers could simply use their existing system to run checks on purchasers of ammunition (either electronically or by telephone).
• Sellers of ammunition who are not federal licensees can continue to sell simply by conducting a background check through an existing licensee or by getting a federal license.

In addition to requiring background checks, the legislation would reestablish recordkeeping and reporting requirements on ammunition sales. Prior to the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act, sellers of ammunition had to track their inventory and keep records of their customers.

• The Ammunition Background Checks Act restores these requirements so that law enforcement can ensure that sellers are complying with the law and can use seller records to solve gun crimes.
• The Act also requires sellers of ammunition to report to law enforcement when a purchaser buys more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition or when a large quantity of ammunition is stolen.

Finally, the bill bans Teflon-coated bullets and incendiary ammunition. The current federal ban on armor-piercing ammunition exempts certain kinds of Teflon-coated bullets, as well as incendiary ammunition designed to ignite or explode on contact. Both of these kinds of ammunition can defeat body armor, and pose a grave danger to law enforcement. They should be banned.

[Byte Stryke]

yeah, because this flawed logic is working so well with firearms

[speedysst]

Im sorry to ask but has there EVER been a shooting where an officer was hit with an incendiary round?

[DavieD55]

Makes me wonder how reloading supplies would equate into that.

[BPTactical]

And the ignorance continues

[n8tive97]

And the ignorance continues

My thoughts exactly!

[cofi]

great getting all those Teflon bullets off the street finally......oh wait I have never even seen a Teflon bullet

and background checks for ammo......great how many lists am I going to be on shooting 1000 rounds a month

[Kraven251]

yes, teflon and incendiary rounds are the only thing that will defeat body armor ...hope no one informs them about rifle cartridges or slugs

"Yes, I would like 999 rounds of 5.56 please, see you in 5 minutes"

[Bailey Guns]

This is the face of the enemy. Thanks to any/all of you liberal peckerwoods that helped to put ignorant people like this in office. I hope you're fuckin' happy about how that "liberal gun owner" thing is working out for ya.

[Special Ed]

It's amazing how silly these people are. Perhaps next they'll ban holsters because if the nutjobs were forced to carry their guns in their hands they wouldn't be able to carry as many and, therefore, they could kill fewer people.