Bill > HR6596

This bill, the Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2023, aims to end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives. Key provisions of the bill include: - Requiring a federal license to own firearms and ammunition, with eligibility based on passing safety training and background checks. States with similar licensing requirements could be exempted. - Implementing universal background checks for all firearm transfers, with a 7-day waiting period before completion. - Prohibiting firearm possession by those subject to domestic violence protection orders or convicted of misdemeanor stalking. - Banning the manufacture, sale, and possession of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, with some exceptions for law enforcement and military use. - Establishing a federal extreme risk protection order system allowing courts to temporarily prohibit firearm possession by individuals deemed dangerous. - Increasing penalties for firearms trafficking and straw purchasing. - Imposing new security, inspection, and recordkeeping requirements on firearms dealers. - Increasing excise taxes on firearms and ammunition, with revenue directed to gun violence prevention and research. - Creating a community violence intervention grant program and authorizing additional funding for firearms safety and gun violence prevention research.

Health and Social Services, Justice

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6596/all-info