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August 9, 2009 on 1:28 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments

Daniel Sends:

A Bill has been Introduced in Congress to Register Firearms and Owners-Truth!

Summary of the eRumor:
A forwarded email that says that Congress introduced HR-45, the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009. The bill will make it mandatory for gun owners to have firearms registered and provide their Social Security numbers, drivers licenses, thumb prints and submit to a physical and mental evaluation.

The Truth:
There is a HR-45 bill that was introduce to the 111th Congress by Illinois Representative Bobby Rush by the title of “The Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009.”
The purpose of the bill, according its description in the Thomas legislative information directory of the Library of Congress, is “To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.”