Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation HB7274
Legislation Overview
Title: Keeping Guns From Criminals Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Licensing and registrations
Description: Keeping Guns From Criminals Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the criminal liability standard for certain firearm sales or transfers. Current law makes it a crime for any person to knowingly sell or transfer a firearm to a prohibited person (i.e., a person who is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm). This legislation eliminates the "knowingly" standard to impose criminal liability on any person who sells or transfers a firearm to a prohibited person, regardless of whether such seller or transferor knows that the buyer is a prohibited person. A defendant seller or transferor may assert as an affirmative defense against prosecution evidence to prove that the buyer or recipient passed a background check or possessed a valid concealed carry permit in the state of transfer. The affirmative defense does not apply if defendant knew or had reasonable cause to believe the buyer or recipient was a prohibited person.
Session: 115th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 12, 2018
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/7274/all-info
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Don Beyer (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 0% (1 of 435)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Dec 12, 2018 | Introduced in House |
| House | Dec 12, 2018 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 15 2018 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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