MaverickNH
NES Member
“This is where House Bill H.R. 8361 comes in. The bipartisan bill, introduced in July, is known as the Preventing Suicide Through Voluntary Firearm Purchase Delay Act. It would allow individuals to voluntarily put themselves on a federal no-buy list, preventing them from buying guns from a licensed dealer. The bill would require the attorney general to establish and maintain a secure internet-based database, separate from other databases in the national instant criminal background check system. This would be known as the “Voluntary Purchase Delay Database.”
If someone later wished to remove themselves from the database, they could do so after a 21-day waiting period — a safeguard against the impulsivity that sometimes characterizes suicide attempts. As currently written, the bill also includes a more controversial provision that would allow individuals to be removed after 24 hours with a note from a mental health professional.”
There’s alway the gun haters chiming in with comments:
It would be better, though, to have a universal 21-day waiting period for purchasing firearms.
I am in favor of any law that makes guns and especially assault weapons more difficult to purchase for anyone.
Guns allow you to suicide and take others to death with you. This is a vital reason in eliminating automatic weapons.