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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5716
To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age
at which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2020
Mr. MASSIE (for himself, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr.
MOONEY of West Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the
minimum age at which a person may obtain a handgun
from a Federal firearms licensee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Amendment
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For Every Registrable Voter Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFER Voter
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Act.’’
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SEC. 2. MINIMUM AGE FOR OBTAINING A HANDGUN FROM
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A FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(b)(1) of title 18,
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United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, and, if the
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firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle,
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or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual
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who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe
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is less than twenty-one years of age’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 922(c)(1)
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of such title is amended by striking ‘‘, in the case of any
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firearm other than a shotgun or a rifle, I am twenty-one
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years or more of age, or that, in the case of a shotgun
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or a rifle,’’.
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