The U.S. House just passed the evil “Protecting Our Kids Act” (H.R.7910). The bill:
- generally prohibits the sale or transfer of certain semiautomatic firearms to individuals who are under 21 years of age;
- establishes new federal criminal offenses for gun trafficking and related conduct;
- establishes a federal statutory framework to regulate ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers);
- establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels;
- subjects bump stocks to regulation under federal firearms laws; and
- generally prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, and possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
The vote was 223-204, with one not voting. Only two Democrats voted against the bill: Golden of Maine and Schrader of Oregon. But five Republicans for gun control voted for the bill: Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Gonzalez of Ohio, Jacobs of New York, Kinzinger of Illinois, Upton of Michigan. If you vote, then I hope you will vote against them if your state has not had a primary election yet.
5:52 pm on June 9, 2022
