[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      INTERNET GUN TRAFFICKING ACT

  (Mr. RUSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, right now gun sales take place on the Internet 
with no checks and balances. An illegal gun dealer can simply have his 
name, address, and telephone number listed on a web site, making 
himself available for contact by an unlicensed gun purchaser. These 
transactions can be executed without being subjected to any Federal 
regulations. Most of these sales go on unbeknownst to Federal 
authorities.
  We have to close this gun trafficking loophole on the Internet today; 
and today, that is precisely what I am doing. I am introducing the Gun 
Trafficking Act of 1999. This legislation will place a licensed 
manufacturer or dealer between the seller and buyer.
  As a middle man, this licensed dealer will facilitate the gun sale 
and will ship the gun purchases to a licensed dealer in the buyer's 
State. No longer will unlicensed dealers and buyers have a free reign 
and easy access on the Internet.
  I ask each Member of Congress to plug this deadly loophole. Vote for 
this important piece of legislation.

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