TFred
Regular Member
From the VCDL Legislative website, I just found this most disappointing bill from Bryce Reeves:
SB 377 Firearm transfers to dealers; penalty.
Firearm transfers to dealers; penalty. Requires firearm dealers to go through a process administered by the Department of State Police to determine whether a firearm that is being transferred to the dealer by a person other than a dealer, importer, or manufacturer can be lawfully transferred. The bill has an effective date of January 1, 2015.
Here's the VCDL analysis:
This bill creates an unfunded requirement that dealers have the state police run a stolen check on all guns that are being sold, transferred, or traded to the dealer by a person who is not a dealer. This would be largely a waste of time, effort, and money, as the vast majority of guns that are sold, transferred, or traded to dealers are not stolen. It could also delay the transaction by over a day if the state police are slow in responding. Giving the dealer an option to have a suspicious gun checked for stolen would be completely acceptable. Forcing the dealer to do the stolen check on all such guns is simply not reasonable.
Here is Bryce Reeves' Facebook page... he needs to know this bill is not acceptable:
https://www.facebook.com/brycereeves
TFred
SB 377 Firearm transfers to dealers; penalty.
Firearm transfers to dealers; penalty. Requires firearm dealers to go through a process administered by the Department of State Police to determine whether a firearm that is being transferred to the dealer by a person other than a dealer, importer, or manufacturer can be lawfully transferred. The bill has an effective date of January 1, 2015.
Here's the VCDL analysis:
This bill creates an unfunded requirement that dealers have the state police run a stolen check on all guns that are being sold, transferred, or traded to the dealer by a person who is not a dealer. This would be largely a waste of time, effort, and money, as the vast majority of guns that are sold, transferred, or traded to dealers are not stolen. It could also delay the transaction by over a day if the state police are slow in responding. Giving the dealer an option to have a suspicious gun checked for stolen would be completely acceptable. Forcing the dealer to do the stolen check on all such guns is simply not reasonable.
Here is Bryce Reeves' Facebook page... he needs to know this bill is not acceptable:
https://www.facebook.com/brycereeves
TFred