This
is being introduced in each state
starting
with California, New York, Illinois, Hawaii, Maryland, Indiana, Tennessee, and
Washington.
See:
https://www.ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm
"No
later than January 1, 2011,
all non¨coded ammunition for the calibers
listed in this act,
whether owned by private citizens or retail
outlets,
shall be disposed."
Tennessee
HOUSE
BILL 3245
By
LARRY
J. MILLER
D - Memphis
SENATE
BILL 3395
By
REGINALD
TATE
D
- Memphis
AN ACT to amend Tennessee
Code
Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13,
to enact the "Ammunition
Accountability Act".
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited
as the "Ammunition Accountability Act".
SECTION 2. The general
assembly finds the following:
(1) Each year in the United States, more
than thirty percent (30%) of all homicides that involve a gun go
unsolved;
(2) Handgun ammunition accounts for eighty percent (80%) of
all ammunition sold in the United States;
(3) Current technology for
matching a bullet used in a crime to the gun that fired it has worked
moderately well for years, but presupposes that the weapon was recovered by
law enforcement; and
(4) Bullet coding is a new and effective way for
law enforcement to quickly identify persons of interest in gun crime
investigations..
SECTION 3. For purposes of this act, "coded
ammunition" means a bullet carrying a unique identifier that has been applied
by etching onto the base of the bullet projectile.
SECTION 4.
(a) All handgun and assault weapon ammunition manufactured or sold in
the state after January 1, 2009, shall be coded by the
manufacturer.
(b) No later than January 1, 2011, all non¨coded
ammunition for the calibers listed in this act, whether owned by private
citizens or retail outlets, shall be
disposed.
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SECTION 5.
(a) The Tennessee
bureau of investigation (TBI) shall be responsible for establishing and
maintaining an ammunition coding system database (ACS D) containing the
following information:
(1) A manufacturer registry. Manufacturers
shall:
(A) Register with the TBI in a manner prescribed by the
department through rules and regulations; and
(B) Maintain records on
the business premises for a period of seven (7) years concerning all sales,
loans and transfers of ammunition, to, from, or within the state;
and
(2) A vendor registry. Vendors shall:
(A) Register with the
TBI in a manner prescribed by the department through rules and
regulations;
(B) Record the following information in a format
prescribed by the TBI:
(i) The date of the transaction;
(ii) The
name of the transferee;
(iii) The purchaser's driver license number or
other government issued identification card number;
(iv) The date of
birth of the purchaser;
(v) The unique identifier of all handgun
ammunition or bullets transferred; and
(vi) All other information
prescribed by the TBI; and
(C) Maintain records on the business premises
for a period of three (3) years from the date of the recorded
purchase.
(b) To the greatest extent possible or practical, the ACSD
shall be built within the framework of existing firearms databases. The ACSD
shall be operational no later than January 1, 2009.
(c) Privacy of
individuals shall be of the utmost importance. Access to information in the
ACSD is reserved for key law enforcement personnel and shall only be released
in connection with a criminal investigation.
SECTION 6.
(a) Any
vendor that knowingly fails to comply with, or falsifies the records required
to be kept by this act commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Any
manufacturer that knowingly fails to comply with this act commits a Class A
misdemeanor punishable by fine only not to exceed one thousand dollars
($1,000) for a first violation and punishable by fine only not to exceed five
thousand dollars ($5,000) for second and subsequent violations.
(c) Any
person who knowingly destroys, obliterates, or otherwise renders unreadable,
the serialization required pursuant to this act, on any bullet or assembled
ammunition commits a Class A misdemeanor.
SECTION 7.
(a) The
cost of establishing and maintaining the ACSD shall be funded by an end¨user
fee. Vendors shall charge an additional one half cent ($.005) per bullet or
round of ammunition to the purchaser.
(b) There is established the
coded ammunition fund for deposit of the end¨user fees described in this
section. Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation, shall be available to the TBI
for infrastructure, implementation, operational, enforcement, and future
development costs of this act.
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SECTION
8.
This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare
requiring it.
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Do not let these types of
so-called laws be passed!
They are coming for your gu ns.
Now
they will find the unregistered ones via registered ammo.
All
tyrants use the registration records
to confiscate guns from potential
resistors.
Also, if someone steals your ammo and commits a
crime, they will come to the one who has it registered.
Many
law-abiding people who have guns but do not have Driver's license or
government issued ID
cannot buy ammunition.
[I do not have a
Driver's license nor a government issued ID.]
[Nor do I want one or be
forced to have one]
By 2011, it will be a crime to
have
non¨coded ammunition in your possession
When fines
are collected,
where does the money go?
Yes, you are right!...To
build a bigger empire.
They are also taxing ammo
at the
rate of 5 cents for each round.
Do not let it happen
5
cents today could be $1.00 per round tomorrow
Here is
informa tion pertaining to Illinois which is well written by a blogger posted
at https://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/:
Illinois
Politburo House wants to ban ammunition
'Tis the season for insanely
draconian gun legislation to be introduced in the Illinois Politburo
legislature, and they've already gotten busy. Today I'm going to take a look
at no fewer than four House bills that would require ammunition to be encoded
with serial numbers, and registered in a database maintained by the Illinois
State Police.
The first two bills, HB 4258 and HB 4259 could be
considered to be one bill--they're both called the "Ammunition Accountability
Act," the text of the two appears to be identical, and they were even
introduced by the same representative. Here's a summary:
Creates the
Ammunition Accountability Act. Provides that all firearm ammunition
manufactured or sold in the State of Illinois on or after January 1, 2010
shall be coded by the manufacturer. Provides that effective January 1, 2010,
all firearm ammunition used within the State of Illinois shall be coded by the
manufacturer. Provides that on or after January 1, 2010, a person in
possession of non-coded ammunition that was manufactured prior to January 1,
2010, may transfer the same only to an heir, to an individual residing in
another state maintaining the ammunition in another state, or to a federally
licensed firearms dealer. Provides that the Department of State Police shall
be responsible for establishing and maintaining an Ammunition Coding System
Database (ACSD) containing specified information. Establishes penalties and
exemptions.
The "coding" is applied to the base of the bullet (where
it's apparently supposed to hold together through firing and impact, in order
to identify the ammunition. Now these bills (or this bill, really) exempt
shotgun ammunition (which makes sense--the idea of encoding the hundreds of
.08" diameter pellets in a round of #9 shot is obviously rid iculous), and
muzzle-loader ammunition.
The other two bills, HB 4269 and HB 4349 are
both called the "Regulated Firearms Encoded Ammunition Act," and although
somewhat different from the first two bills, appear to be identical to each
other. Here's the summary of these bills:
Creates the Regulated
Firearms Encoded Ammunition Act and amends the State Finance Act. Provides
that a manufacturer of ammunition for handguns and certain specified assault
weapons sold in this State after January 1, 2009 must encode the ammunition in
such a manner that the Director of State Police establishes. Provides that
ammunition contained in one ammunition box may not be labeled with the same
serial number as the ammunition contained in any other ammunition box from the
same manufacturer. Provides that on or before January 1, 2011, an owner of
ammunition for use in a regulated firearm that is not encoded by the
manufacturer shall dispose of the ammunition. Provides that beginning on Janua
ry 1, 2009, the Director of State Police shall establish and maintain an
encoded ammunition database. Creates the Ammunition Accountability Fund as a
special fund in the State treasury. Provides that subject to appropriation,
the Department of State Police may use moneys from the Fund to establish and
maintain the encoded ammunition database. Provides that beginning January 1,
2009, each person selling encoded ammunition at retail in this State shall
collect from retail customers a fee of $0.05 for each round that is sold and
delivered in this State. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for
violations of the Regulated Firearms Encoded Ammunition Act. Effective January
1, 2009.
These bills are apparently intended to mollify hunters, by
"only" going after ammunition intended for handguns and so-called "assault
weapons." This, of course, is ridiculous, as handguns have been built in
nearly every caliber that rifles have, including the terrifying,
airline-busting .50 BMG "we apon of war" (that's sarcasm, if you're wondering)
and the .600 Nitro Express elephant gun cartridge. Additionally, "assault
weapons" aren't chambered in special "assault weapon" calibers (although that
little fact is conveniently ignored by the folks pushing bans of "high-powered
assault weapons"), so there is no such thing as a special category of
"'assault weapon' ammunition." In fact, the bill defines "assault weapon" by
type, and among the designated "assault weapons" are several 12 gauge
shotguns, meaning that, unlike the other bills, these two will apply to 12
gauge shotgun ammunition (.410 shotgun shells would also be affected, because
the Taurus "Judge" means that .410 shells are "handgun ammunition"). Hunters
take note.
Both types of bill have the program administered by the
Illinois State Police--an organization that in it's zeal for citizen
disarmament, has no compunction about breaking the law.
In the title of
this blog post, I mention banning ammunition, because although the bills won't
explicitly do that, the enormous costs of tooling up to manufacture such
ammunition will basically make it impractical for ammunition manufacturers to
comply, meaning they'll simply have to stop selling ammunition in Illinois.
The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI) has more on
that, from when they were fighting such legislation in California (before
California went the "microstamping" route, instead). If manufacturers (and
retailers) would continue to serve the Illinois market, the cost of ammunition
for the consumer would be prohibitive (even without the nickel per round tax
imposed by the second set of bills).
By the way, neither bill mentions
provisions for an exemption for hand loaders.
Illinois has apparently
gotten tired of the slow progress of a relentless "slippery slope" procession
of draconian laws, and has decided to push the state off a "teflon
cliff."
Folks this is an attempt to infringe on
our second amendment rights. If we sit back and say nothing it will become
law.
However if We The People will tackle this
hard we may be able to stop it.
There are several organizations who
will be fighting this insanity.
Make no MISTAKE this is the start of
Communism in the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA