Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt an amendment to HR 3762 that expands background check requirements for firearms purchased at gun shows and online.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an individual who is not a licensed dealer, manufacturer, or importer from transferring a firearm to another unlicensed individual at a “gun show” or pursuant to an internet advertisement, with certain exceptions including, but not limited to, a transfer made between relatives (Sec. 222).

• Defines “gun show” as an event at which 75 or more firearms are offered for sale, exchange, or transfer, if at least 1 firearm has been shipped in or affects interstate or foreign commerce, not including a personal collection (Sec. 222).

• Requires a licensed dealer to wait to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed individual at a gun show until 48 hours after the dealer contacts the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) (Sec. 222).

• Reduces the waiting period to transfer a firearm at a gun show to 24 hours after 4 years have elapsed since the effective date of this bill (Sec. 222).

• Requires an individual who transfers or attempts to transfer a firearm in violation of the provisions of this bill to be fined, imprisoned up to 5 years, or both (Sec. 223).

• Requires the NICS to complete a background check on a firearm transfer that originates from a gun show before the system completes a check on a transfer that did not originate from a gun show (Sec. 222).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill do not authorize the establishment of a federal firearms registry (Sec. 203).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text