Bipartisan Bill on Gun
Control...Really???
Congressman Bill Foster cosponsors
H.R.1565
Everyday I meet someone new and
somewhere in our conversation gun control pops up. And, I think this is because
it is a frightening, very realistic problem in our society. I do not care where
you live there is some form of crime involving a gun. Now I may make some
enemies along the way here, but I believe there needs to be some type of control
on the purchase of a gun. The two parties need to come to a place where this
issue can become a bipartisan issue. So they can work together to make it safer
for the young and old to feel free to walk the streets, parents feel safe to
send their children to school, for young adults to feel secure in attending
class. I follow-up every day to see any progress in this matter. Today I came
across this article in the Trib Local that Congressman Bill Foster, Community
Contributor, became a cosponsor of H.R. 1565. I think as you read this you
might agree this is a start and very necessary.
Rep. Foster Cosponsors Bipartisan Legislation To
Strengthen Background Checks, Protect Rights Of Lawful Gun
Owners
10:19 a.m.
CDT, May 15,
2013
Washington, DC—Today, Congressman Bill
Foster (IL-11) became a cosponsor of H.R. 1565, the Public Safety and Second
Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation, a mirror of
the Manchin-Toomey bill which received a majority of votes in the Senate (but
failed to get 60), would strengthen background checks for gun purchases by
expanding the system to include all commercial firearm sales, blocking criminals
and the dangerously mentally ill from lawfully purchasing firearms.
The legislation also strengthens the Second
Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners by banning the government from
creating a federal registry and making the misuse of records a felony,
punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
“We cannot simply sit idle while tragedy after
tragedy demonstrates all too clearly that we are not doing enough to keep guns
out of the hands of criminals,” said Foster. “We need to take a comprehensive
approach to this problem that protects the rights of lawful gun owners while
keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill.”
Currently, there are many loopholes allowing
anyone to purchase firearms without a background check, including buying
firearms in the parking lot of a gun show, over the internet, or through a
newspaper ad. The bill closes these loopholes by requiring the same background
checks that federally licensed dealers have conducted for more than 40
years.
You can follow-up at http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/
Posted by S.
Gresak
