HOUSE 1116116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act
- Last Action
- 3/25/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- 2019-02-08Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-02-08Introduced in House
- 2019-02-08Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-08 (00)
Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act
This bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm or ammunition.
Specifically, it adds the following new categories of prohibited persons:
- persons convicted of a crime of violence in the most recent 10-year period;
- persons under age 25 who have been adjudicated as having committed an offense that would have been a crime of violence if committed by an adult;
- persons convicted, during a consecutive 3-year period in the most recent 10-year period, of two separate offenses involving drug or alcohol possession or distribution; and
- persons convicted of stalking.
Cosponsors (20)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- John Yarmuth (D-KY)
- Katherine Clark (D-MA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- TIM RYAN (D-OH)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
- Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD (D-CA)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Subjects
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Firearms and explosives
- Violent crime
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