Ammunition Background Check Bill Flying Under The Radar

You know the drill. A high profile shooting happens. Anti-gun groups make statements based on emotions. Then more “we’re doing something” legislation gets introduced. If I had to guess, if I saw the playbook of say Mom’s Demand Action, they might say something specifically that tells their freedom stifling “advocates” to ignore the facts and statistics, and focus strictly on emotion. That’s just a “guess” if I had such an opportunity. On April 20, 2021, “Jamie’s Law” was reintroduced in congress. The bills are S. 1237 and H.R. 2715. 

If you take the time to sift through the gobbledygook of the text of the bill, you might get lost quickly. When these bills get introduced, well for starters, they don’t post the bill text right away. This is a problem that was highlighted by one of my colleagues, Dave Workman, at AmmoLand in a recent article. More often than not those looking for proposed bill text must sift through press releases by whomever introduced the bill in order to actually see what law changes are on the table. Another interesting fact is the “summary” of the bills does not come for some time as well. The summaries are important, as they try to put in plain English what the bill intends on changing. This bill is no different. The side bar conversation is that in 2021 there is zero excuse for the bill text and summary to not be posted the day they are introduced. I get it, the Library of Congress has a lot going on. But, we have the internet. If our NICS system, which is electronic in nature is instant and good enough for guns, an instant system should be good enough for the the bills introduced by the gun grabbers.

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-Simon