{"id":118561,"date":"2021-02-05T07:48:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T12:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118561"},"modified":"2021-02-05T07:58:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T12:58:01","slug":"democrat-introduces-gun-control-bill-psych-evaluations-ammo-bans-federal-gun-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-introduces-gun-control-bill-psych-evaluations-ammo-bans-federal-gun-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Introduces Gun Control Bill: Psych Evaluations, Ammo Bans, Federal Gun Registry"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-introduces-gun-control-bill-psych-evaluations-ammo-bans-federal-gun-registry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118561&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shelia-jackson-lee-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democrat Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (TX) introduced a gun control bill near the start of the current Congress that, if passed, could make California\u2019s strict gun control laws seem tame by comparison.<\/p>\n<p>H.R.127 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/127\/text\">states<\/a> that its purpose is to \u201cprovide for the licensing of firearm and ammunition possession and the registration of firearms, and to prohibit the possession of certain ammunition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill calls for the U.S. Attorney General to establish a licensing and registration system through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which would increase the federal government\u2019s ability to monitor gun owners\u2019 purchases and the location of their firearms by requiring them to inform the government of the \u201cmake, model, and serial number\u201d of the firearms that they own and adds that the firearm owner must tell the government \u201cwhere the firearm is or will be stored.\u201d In order to obtain a license, individuals must also complete \u201cat least 24 hours of training.\u201d Individuals can be stripped of their license and must get their licenses renewed.<\/p>\n<p>The bill states that the information collected in the registration will be provided to all Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and will also be provided to all branches of the United States Military.<\/p>\n<p>In order to obtain a license to possess a firearm, an individual would need to be at least 21 years old and, in addition to undergoing a background check, would require that the individual undergo \u201ca psychological evaluation\u201d which could potentially involve \u201cother members of the household in which the individual resides.\u201d&nbsp;Under the bill, a person could have their constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms stripped from them if they\u2019ve been hospitalized with a wide range of psychiatric disorders, including depression.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, approximately 17 million Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/adaa.org\/understanding-anxiety\/depression\">suffered<\/a> from a major depressive episode in 2017. That number is likely far higher at the current moment given the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/monitor\/2019\/05\/ce-corner-isolation\">isolated<\/a> many individuals and led to an increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.va.gov\/suicide_prevention\/docs\/Literature_Review_FSTP_Unemployment_FINAL_508_8-19-2019.pdf\">unemployment<\/a>, factors that are generally associated with an increase in depression and suicide rates.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also bans ammunition that is .50 caliber or larger and bans people from being able to possess magazines that are able to hold greater than 10 rounds of ammunition. The bill also forces people to pay an $800 fee to the government that insures them \u201cagainst liability for losses and damages resulting from the use of any firearm by the person during the 1-year period that begins with the date the policy is issued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee has been criticized in the past for demonstrating a lack of understanding of firearms, saying in September 2019: \u201cI\u2019ve held an AR-15 in my hand, I wish I hadn\u2019t. It is as heavy as 10 boxes that you might be moving. And the bullet that is utilized, a .50 caliber, these kinds of bullets need to be licensed and do not need to be on the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AR-15s typically weigh on the high-end around 10 or 11 pounds but can be as light as 5.5-6.5 on the low-end. They do not fire a .50 caliber round, rather, they fire a significantly smaller .223 caliber round.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI held an AR-15 in my hand, I wish I hadn\u2019t. It is as heavy as 10 boxes that you might be moving. And the bullet that is utilized, a .50 caliber, these kinds of bullets need to be licensed and do not need to be on the street.\u201d \u2013 Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacksonLeeTX18?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JacksonLeeTX18<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U71ir6BHZH\">pic.twitter.com\/U71ir6BHZH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jason_howerton\/status\/1176145894061879302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (TX) introduced a gun control bill near the start of the current Congress that, if passed, could make California\u2019s strict gun control laws seem tame &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892697,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3895,4154,4912,5419,5413,5416],"class_list":["post-118561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bill","tag-control","tag-democrat","tag-evaluations","tag-introduces","tag-psych"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}