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S.1317 - Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009
A bill to increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists. view all titles (2)
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- Official: A bill to increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists. as introduced.
- Short: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 as introduced.
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Close the "Terror Gap": Good Policy. Good Politics.
...the denial of a sale. Similar legislation has been introduced in this Congress by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) in the Senate (S.1317) and by Rep. Peter King (R-NY) in the House (H.R. 2159). Almost a year ago, Attorney General Eric Holder voiced supp
The Patriot: More Gun Laws...To Stop People From Breaking Gun Laws
...this list is suspicion, and some bureaucrat in DHS decides that you might be a threat, and it's done. The passage of either S.1317 or H.R.2159 will mean that once this happens, your 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms may become forfeit at the whi
Practice What You Preach, Mr. President
...to own a handgun. Last week, the Senate Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on two Lautenberg proposals. The first, S.1317 is a bill that would grant the attorney general the power to deny the transfer of firearms if the AG determines that the tr
Don't Let Obama's Anti-Gun Silence Breed Complacency
...one can argue that denying guns and bombs to terrorists violates the Second Amendment, right? Let's see. Section 922A(1) of S. 1317 grants the Attorney General discretionary authority to deny access to firearms. The AG, under Section 922B(g)(1), can als
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