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Gun Show Background Check Act of 2009 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require registration of gun show promoters and to set forth the responsibilities of promoters, licensees, and other transferors. Provides that if any part of a firearm transaction takes place at a gun show, each licensed importer, manufacturer, and dealer who transfers one or more firearms to a person who is not licensed shall, within 10 days after the transfer, submit a report of the transfer to the Attorney General. Sets forth penalties for violations.Grants the Attorney General authority to enter the place of business of any gun show promoter and any place where a gun show is held, during business hours and without a showing of reasonable cause or a warrant, for purposes of examining records and the inventory of licensees conducting business to determine compliance with this Act.
Increases penalties for: (1) serious record-keeping violations by licensees; and (2) violations of criminal background check requirements.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
there use to be a saying that went something like:
If guns are outlawed
then I'll be an outlaw.
or
If guns are outlawed
they only outlaws will have guns
can't remember exactly how it goes.
Originally posted by Common Good
I think the people finally got these people scared enough for them to outright come out and go after our ability to arm ourselves. They are shaking in their leather soled stacy adams.
If they DO pass this, I think that will be their demise. People can only be pushed so far before they start pushing back. The fact that our Govt went into these gun shows with little hidden spy cams trying to get people in trouble/ or to try to make them out to be bad guys because they are FOLLOWING THE LAW, only makes their case that much more ubsurd.
Congress- Dont be stupid.(I know thats hard for you). At least try though