H.R. 127
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 2 months ago
The text of bill H.R. 127 is up, and boy is it a doozey. It’s the entire package of awfulness the controllers have wanted forever.
So here are some takeaways for this bill, but I’ll link the FPC summary momentarily.
Federal registration of all firearms.
A national gun registry.
Limitations on types of firearms.
Federally mandated insurance, expensive, and managed by the FedGov (some $800 per year).
Psychological evaluations by state-approved psychologists for approval to purchase firearms.
Those evaluations are extended to family members (including former spouses).
Prohibition of person-to-person transfers.
Prohibition of standard capacity magazines.
From the FPC.
Summary: Establishes a nationwide gun registry that is searchable by the general public, mandates licensing to own or possess a firearm and requires a psychological evaluation prior to obtaining such a license, and institutes magazine & gun bans.
The bill text is finally out and HR 127 is worse than we were even speculating.
HR 127 establishes a federal firearms registration system that will be accessible by federal, state, and local governments, including the military – even the GENERAL PUBLIC! The system will track the make, model, and serial number of all firearms, their owners, the dates they were acquired, and where they are being stored.
You read that right. HR 127 would make public your most private information to anti-gunners who can then dox, harass or even attack you while knowing full well every intimate detail of your self-defense systems.
The system will also track firearms loans, including the ID of the loan recipient and for how long it is being loaned. This bill applies retroactively, so current firearms owners will have three months to supply their gun information to the federal government from the bill’s effective date.
HR 127 also establishes a federal licensing requirement. Applicants will have to be at least 21, undergo a NICS check, complete a psychological evaluation, complete 24 hours of firearms training, and pay $800 for firearms insurance from the government.
TRANSLATION: You not only have to PAY the government for the privilege of owning guns already in your possession; you also have to convince an anti-gunner that you deserve to keep your rights!
For the psychological evaluation, a licensed psychologist will interview individuals’ spouses and at least two other family members or associates to “further determine the state of the mental emotional, and relational stability of the individual in relation to firearms.” Licenses will be denied to individuals hospitalized for issues such as depressive episodes; no duration for license disability is specified, and it does not matter whether the individual sought help voluntarily.
And who gets the say in whether you can exercise your fundamental rights: the Attorney General, who will in all likelihood be Merrick Garland – an anti-gun extremist previously nominated to the Supreme Court by Barack Obama.
HR 127 will also establish licensing requirements for the display of antique firearms and for the right to possess “military-style weapons.” To display an antique, applicants have to prove they own an antique firearm, describe how they will display it, and demonstrate that they have “safe” storage for it. To possess a “military-style weapon”, applicants will have to undergo 24 hours of safety and live fire training. It is unclear whether this training is in addition to the base 24 hours of training required to possess firearms and ammunition. “Military-style weapons” are defined as they are under assault weapons bans like those in California and New Jersey – weapons are identified by name or because they possess two or more features found on commonly owned, modern semiautomatic firearms such as an adjustable stock, pistol grip, etc.
Finally, HR 127 also criminalizes the possession of “large-capacity magazines” (those carrying greater than 10 rounds) and “ammunition that is 0.50 caliber or greater.”
Presently, there is no grandfathering clause in this legislation. Meaning you will have to choose between keeping your magazines and being fined and sent to prison.. potentially for decades!
Importantly, it would be IMPOSSIBLE to comply with this legislation. The bill doesn’t even specify how any of these measures will be implemented. Instead, it tasks the Attorney General with creating systems for enforcement while still holding gun owners to ironclad compliance dates.
Reddit/Firearms is discussing this here, here, here, here and here.
I suspect one of the intended consequences of this legislation is that there would be massive noncompliance. Larger manufacturers like Daniel Defense and Aero Precision would undergo large layoffs and cutbacks, while smaller manufacturers would simply go out of business.
Merely purchasing a firearm from an FFL would involve FedGov paperwork, and noncompliance will involve not purchasing from an FFL. This would have a large effect on the firearms market – again, all intended.
On January 31, 2021 at 10:00 pm, Scottosan said:
This is just as bad as the British marching on Lexington and Concorde
On January 31, 2021 at 10:49 pm, Ned2 said:
All of a sudden, 140 million gun owners went boating last weekend.
On February 1, 2021 at 7:29 am, redclay7 said:
Well, the powers that currently be are demanding the moon and are waiting to see what – or who or how much we will give up in order to keep from being penalized for what we own and who we are. It all adds up to ‘We Don’t Trust You’ writ large and this, in my opinion, will be that line we all were hoping would not be drawn in our lifetimes. This is not just business as usual – it is personal. This cannot be ignored and thinking the NRA will do its job and we will be left alone once again. At least the left’s goal is out in the open now. That’s what I despise in many folks – they would do harm to others, but never openly own it. How clear can this get? redclay7
On February 1, 2021 at 8:10 am, WiscoDave said:
@Ned2
Understand your sentiment, but… Have a CCW? Bought anything firearm related with a CC in the last few years? Belong to the NRA or other gun rights group? Commented on or visited pro-gun websites?
They say you are guilty. How do you prove a negative? You can’t. Courts mean nothing. No redress.
Look at what is already going on. Merely being at the 1-6 rally is cause for Federal charges. No fly list. Loss of job. Loss of income.
They THINK you might own a gun and don’t comply they will come after you and me. Oh, not directly with a stack. Go to buy fuel? Sorry, CC declined. Pay your mortgage via direct withdrawal? Sorry, account frozen. They can, and in my opinion will, shut down every aspect of your life and squeeze compliance out of you.
Not every one of us has been able to live debt free and only buy with cash.
Not every one of us has been able to relocate to a community that is made up of strictly patriots that will have our back. Yeah, I know, “sad, that.”
It’s not coming.
It’s here.
@redclay7
““Then who do we shoot?”
These five words uttered by Muley the sharecropper being thrown from his family farm by bankers near the beginning of The Grapes of Wrath echo in my head. He is frustrated by the seemingly crooked game of cards his world has become and wants to know who has been dealing him these losing hands from the deck of life that is so stacked against him. And all he gets is anonymity and buck-passing. He is flailing at boogeymen.”
[https://redtreetimes.com/2011/03/26/then-who-do-we-shoot/]
On February 1, 2021 at 8:21 am, SGT.BAG said:
Those that disarm you, will never disarm themselves…..
On February 1, 2021 at 8:35 am, Cameron said:
There’s not much left of the Bill of Rights.
https://www.wnd.com/2021/01/courts-allow-police-seize-guns-home-without-warrant/
On February 1, 2021 at 8:54 am, Bob in NC said:
“No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound
to enforce it.” — 16 Am. Jur. Sec. 177 late 2d, Sec 256
On February 1, 2021 at 9:21 am, Pistol Pete said:
Let me see, a population that willingly deprives their children and themselves oxygen on a daily basis, proudly wear slave insignia muzzles, self isolate, close their own businesses, clamor for and pay extra to be at the front to receive an experimental dna scrambler, a population that willingly accepts an illegitimate organization taking control of their country. A people that let their food supply line be decimated, a people that let socialists/communist occupy US cities, burning and looting, raping and killing. Line in the sand? Really? Better take pictures now cause you know ain’t no one doing anything else – you can look at the pictures on the bus ride to fema fun camp – gun owners gotta be re-educated.
On February 1, 2021 at 9:22 am, Rastapopoulos said:
The Exchange Student for whom this ill conceived bill is named is one of 23 shot in the 2018 school shooting and one of ten who perished.
Is it right to ignore the nine others who died that day?
And what about memorializing all the 23 who were shot?
Oh, what about memorializing the perpetrator, as wasn’t he shot (but not killed) by the police?
H.R.127 – Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act – 117th Congress (2021-2022) is a reintroduction of H.R.4081 – Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act – 116th Congress (2019-2020) which died in committee without attracting a single cosponsor.
Is this anything more than Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee [D-TX-18] attempting to attract the lime light to her revisionist ideas of American society?
Is it in Texas 18th Congresional District’s best interest to repeatedly be embarrassed returning the Representative to congress? (Interestingly TX-18 is a C-shaped swath of metro Houston https://www.congress.gov/member/district/sheila-jackson-lee/J000032 )
Let your representatives know that you oppose H.R. 127 and that associating with this bill in any way other than opposition would end your support & vote.
On February 1, 2021 at 9:48 am, Sanders said:
You want to know who will comply? Look at everyone you see wearing a mask – because the government said so, not because it is the law.
Figure anyone wearing a mask will work against you in preserving Freedom. It’s a dismal prospect, when looked at that way, at least around here. Hell, I’ve even seen people open-carrying while wearing a mask. It does not inspire confidence in me.
On February 1, 2021 at 10:01 am, billrla said:
Thus, the militarization of Washington, DC.
On February 1, 2021 at 10:21 am, Pistol Pete said:
For anyone to suggest that we “fight this in court”, that individual must first declare the current governing body as legitimate. Even then it is the cabals court system not the american court system – America IS an occupied nation, being governed by other laws and rules. This is not a Bill, it is a declaration of their intentions. Everyone knows what comes next –
On February 1, 2021 at 10:21 am, John said:
Concentration camp survivor Kitty Wirthmann on bogus registration; says “Keep your guns.”
https://youtu.be/u__rs1LeHHE
On February 1, 2021 at 10:43 am, b said:
Pistol Pete,
On what basis are you calling the vaccine a “DNA scrambler”? You give the distinct impression that you have no idea what an RNA vaccine is and that you may be wearing a tin foil hat. Please though, I’d like to keep my unwavering support for 2A and gun rights disaggregated from kook anti-vaccine theories.
On February 1, 2021 at 11:24 am, Frank Clarke said:
@redclay7:
“This cannot be ignored and thinking the NRA will do its job…”
That’s funny. That should be part of a stand-up comedy routine: the NRA doing its job… The NRA’s job for the past 90 years has been endorsing one gun control law after another “because we got a compromise from a REALLY AWFUL alternative bill”. That’s why ‘NRA’ stands for Not Relevant Anymore.
http://frankclarke.dx.am/politics/mbv.html
On February 1, 2021 at 11:34 am, Pistol Pete said:
B, great thing about america – I can still say and think as I wish. Attempting to censor me and belittling me for my thoughts make you trollish and divide our commonality – the 2a. My 1st A is just as important as your 2nd A. I attacked no individual, only stated my own thoughts. My point was, total submission and compliance by the population of this occupied nation.
On February 1, 2021 at 11:45 am, GWB said:
Anyone know where 80% lowers aren’t sold out? And where do I get good, inexpensive, made-in-America machines to mill?
On February 1, 2021 at 3:48 pm, B said:
Non-compliance. Cultivate intel to gain an inkling if/when they will come for you, Mr. newly-minted felon, and arrange to have armed friends/neighbors available to back you up. Remember, also, these people have names/addresses/families.
Additionally: infrastructure, logistics. Lots of legal (and questionable) methods herein to apply pressure…
On February 1, 2021 at 5:19 pm, StillSworn said:
Brings to mind a phrase heard somewhere, sometime.
“Cut off the head of the snake.”
There are many heads.
On February 1, 2021 at 6:03 pm, Chas said:
I think Lee needs a 1 am visit..
On February 1, 2021 at 6:05 pm, Don said:
My wife, whose faith is much stronger than mine, is praying for our Lord to return, aka the Rapture, to solve our problems. I’m too jaded, cynical to put much stock in that, but I really hope that she is right, as I don’t see any other way out. I quit a high paying technical contract in another state so I could be at home with her if things go bad, as I fear they will.
On February 2, 2021 at 12:33 am, Thomas Hanna said:
B, you should watch this doctor from Front Line docs before you even call this stuff a vaccine.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=dr+lee+merritt+interview&view=detail&mid=B84E7977C8897C01BC11B84E7977C8897C01BC11&FORM=VIRE
On February 2, 2021 at 12:39 am, Hudson H Luce said:
If you want to have a look at who is going to fight for your God-given rights, go look in a mirror. And remember this: “We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable, that all men are created equal and independent; that from that equal creation they derive in rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these ends, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it … but when a long train of abuses and usurpations, begun at a distinguished period, and pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to subject them to arbitrary power, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.” Declaration of Independence
It is not only their right but it is also their *duty*… That’s really all that needs saying. It’s not pleasant now, and it wasn’t pleasant back then, either.
On February 2, 2021 at 1:23 am, Jimmy the Saint said:
@ Bob in NC: “No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound
to enforce it.” — 16 Am. Jur. Sec. 177 late 2d, Sec 256
While technically true, courts do, regularly, and with great enthusiasm, enforce the bejesus out of unconstitutional laws, and strenuously punish those who do not obey them.
On February 2, 2021 at 3:27 am, Hudson H Luce said:
Here’s the sole sponsor – https://www.congress.gov/member/sheila-jackson-lee/J000032?searchResultViewType=expanded Bill introduced on January 4, 2021, along with a raft of other gun prohibition/control bills, introduced on the same date. Her bills have very few co-sponsors; none of the gun measures have any co-sponsors. She’s an old pol, she’s been in the House since 1994 – “His campaign stresses that Jackson Lee has been in Congress since 1994, when he was in elementary school. “She’s been there long enough,” Orozco, a school teacher, said of Jackson Lee, as he talked with Heights resident and Democratic voter Ralph Ellis. Democrat Jerry Ford, 60, a retired firefighter and another Jackson Lee opponent, has been even more blunt. “She’s a typical career politician,” Ford said.”
And she’s already had a bit of a scandal, forced to resign from a committee post and the leadership of the Congressional Black Caucus, see https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/politics/sheila-jackson-lee-cbc-chairwoman.html So she might be vulnerable to getting primaried again, some of the people in her district might not like the prospect of National Guard or police doing the house-to-house searches required to enforce her laws…
On February 2, 2021 at 6:41 am, Red in OleVirginny said:
I have never allowed myself to be ruled by senile pedophile grifters or political whores. I certainly won’t start now.
I long ago withdrew my consent to be ruled by any of our uniparty cretins. Whatever they pass does not apply to me or mine. Or any of the hundreds of my Patriot friends who have been preparing for this for years. Active Service Units indeed.
Best Regards
Red in OleVirginny
On February 2, 2021 at 10:07 am, Cameron said:
https://powerhournation.com/podcast/january-27-2021-hour-2-john-whitehead/
John whitehead of the Rutherford institute makes predictions for 2021.
On February 2, 2021 at 12:00 pm, Don said:
No constitution, no country. That document was written and accepted by the original states in order to bring them together. Get rid of it AND the bill of rights and the country no longer exists.
On February 2, 2021 at 10:49 pm, PeanutButter said:
This garbage bill was introduced (again) by the execrable Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). To show one how popular this bill is in Congress (again), it was introduced on Day 2 of the session, yet still has ZERO co-sponsors.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/127
The bill was in the last Congress as HR 4081. Introduced 28 Aug 2019, it also attracted ZERO co-sponsors even after 16 months and died at the end of the session on 2 Jan 2021.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4081
Lee is a lunatic who should have been institutionalized years ago. Her staff turnover is legendary, because she’s literally an insane person.
On February 3, 2021 at 2:36 pm, alfie said:
@ Pistol Pete, you said someplace that ” gun owners have to be re-educated ” it wont be only gun owners, it will also the free thinkers, the non conformers, the fence sitters, in addition to any and all conservatives. In another words, if you aren’t with them 100%, you are against them and need to be re-educated, period. No exceptions ( except for the rear kissers and the Quislings ). Just my two cents
On February 3, 2021 at 11:00 pm, Ned said:
GWB – check here: https://www.80-lower.com/products/80-lower-fire-safe-marked-1-pack/
On February 6, 2021 at 11:03 am, dondonsurplage said:
Imagine you are a 72 year old Viet Nam vet and because you will not insure yourself or give up your mags, you face up to 25 years behind bars. At what point does he say screw it, I am not going to prison?