This is really bad folks.

This from Charlotte Gun Rights Examiner, "The language for S. 843, Senator Frank Lautenberg’s bill to close the mythical “gun show loophole,” is now available on THOMAS (Library of Congress) and, despite naysayers’ doubts, it is every bit as bad as expected. For reasons stipulated below, this is almost certainly the first gun bill Democrats will try to move.

CONTENTS OF THE BILL

As I predicted, S. 843 is nearly identical to S. 2577, Lautenberg’s gun show bill of the last (110th) Congress. It is a massive gun registration and licensing scheme which, in reality stretches beyond gun shows.

Here are the specifics, with referring proposed statutes:

• Gun show promoters must register with the Attorney General (AG): Within the bill, however, are absolutely no restrictions on the AG with regard registration requirements or fees. If you have any doubts about how AG Eric Holder will construe such requirements, click HERE. [Sec. 932(a)(1)&(2)]
• You are a “vendor” and subject to registration if you wish to sell even a single firearm: The promoter must obtain from you a government ID and retain a photo and a ledger signed by you for “such period of time and in such form as the Attorney General shall require…” (Read that: Permanently). “That’s not so bad,” you say, “After all, it isn’t as though the government is registering me.” No? Well how about this one:

“…the Attorney General may enter during business hours the place of business of any gun show promoter and any place where a gun show is held for the purposes of examining the records required by sections 923 and 932 and the inventory of licensees conducting business at the gun show. Such entry and examination shall be conducted for the purposes of determining compliance with this chapter by gun show promoters and licensees conducting business at the gun show and shall not require a showing of reasonable cause or a warrant.” [Sec. 932(b)(1)&(2), Sec. 923(g)(1)] [Emphasis added]

• All gun sales would be registered, and not just be the computerized National Instant Check System (NICS), but directly to the Attorney General. Sec. 932(e)(1) & (2) require licensed gun dealers to keep separate bound records and forms for each transaction. Although the report doesn’t include the name of the buyer, his or her name could be easily retrieved using the firearm serial number … which, again, can be obtained at any time by the AG. Moreover, if you have the gall to buy more than one handgun in five days, the dealer must report you not only to the AG but to your state of residence by the close of business on the same day. [Sec. 932(e)(4) & (5)]
• S. 843 extends beyond gun shows: The key here is language which applies the law “if any part of a firearm transaction takes place at a gun show.” Translated, if you run into a friend and say, “Nice Perazzi, Harry. How much are you asking? Only $10,000?” you are required to register the transaction if you later buy the shotgun, even if the transaction takes place in your home.
• Penalties: Don’t worry, gentle readers. If you violate any of these laws, intentionally or accidentally, you are only subject to two years imprisonment (five for repeat offenses). The gun show promoter and licensed dealer, on the other hand, may be imprisoned for five years or even ten years for “serious recordkeeping violations.” Makes you want to be a gun dealer, doesn’t it?

Please contact Senator Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and respectfully urge them not to support this horrible bill. Remember, Blanche is up for re-election in 2010. 

Sen. Blanche Lincoln
Democrat, second term
355 Dirksen Office Building
Constitution Avenue and
First Street NE
Washington 20510
Phone: 202-224-4843
Fax: 202-228-1371
Arkansas offices:
FAYETTEVILLE: 479-251-1224
JONESBORO: 870-910-6896
LITTLE ROCK: 501-375-2993
or 800-352-9364
DUMAS: 870-382-1023
TEXARKANA: 870-774-3106
Web site: www.lincoln.senate.gov

Sen. Mark Pryor
Democrat, first term
257 Dirksen Office Building
Constitution Avenue and
First Street NE
Washington 20510
Phone: 202-224-2353
Fax: 202-228-0908
E-Mail: senator@pryor.senate.gov
Little Rock office: 501-324-6336
Web site: www.pryor.senate.gov