Stop Ghost Guns and Store Guns Safely Act
TITLE I—UNTRACEABLE FIREARMS
1. The term ‘manufacturing firearms’ shall include assembling a functional firearm or molding, machining, or 3D printing a frame or receiver, and shall not include making or fitting special barrels, stocks, stabilizing braces, or trigger mechanisms to firearms.
2. The term ‘ghost gun’—
(A) means a firearm, including a frame or receiver, that lacks a unique serial number engraved or cast on the frame or receiver by a licensed manufacturer or importer in accordance with this chapter; and
(B) does not include—
“(i) a firearm that has been rendered permanently inoperable;
“(ii) a firearm that, not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, has been identified by means of a unique serial number, assigned by a State or regional agency, engraved or cast on the receiver or frame of the firearm in accordance with State or regional law;
“(iii) a firearm manufactured or imported before December 16, 1968; or
“(iv) a firearm identified as provided for under section 5842 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
3. The term ‘fire control component’—
(A) means a component necessary for the firearm to initiate or complete the firing sequence; and
(B) includes a hammer, bolt or breechblock, cylinder, trigger mechanism, firing pin, striker, and slide rails.
4. The term ‘frame or receiver’—
(i) means a part of a weapon that provides or is intended to provide the housing or structure to hold or integrate 1 or more fire control components, even if pins or other attachments are required to connect those components to the housing or structure;
(ii) includes a frame or receiver, blank, casting, or machined body, that requires modification, including machining, drilling, filing or molding, to be used as part of a functional firearm, and which is designed and intended to be used in the assembly of a functional firearm, unless the piece of material has had—
(I) its size or external shape altered solely to facilitate transportation or storage; or
(II) solely its chemical composition altered.
5. If a weapon with more than 1 part that provides the housing or a structure designed to hold or integrate 1 or more fire control or essential components, each such part shall be considered a frame or receiver, unless the Attorney General has provided otherwise by regulation or other formal determination with respect to the specific make and model of weapon on or before January 1, 2023.”.
6. (A) Except as provided in Subparagraph (B) , it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, or receive a ghost gun in or affecting interstate, interregion, intrastate, intraregion, or foreign commerce.
(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to—
(i) the manufacture and sale of a firearm by a licensed manufacturer if the licensed manufacturer complies with LGC 5.2 and LGC 8.3 .
(ii) the offer to sell, sale, or transfer of a firearm to, or purchase or receipt of a firearm by, a licensed manufacturer or importer before the date that is 30 months after the date of enactment of this subsection; or
(iii) transactions between licensed manufacturers and importers on any date.
7. It shall be unlawful for a person other than a licensed manufacturer or importer to engrave or cast a serial number on a firearm in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce unless specifically authorized by the Government of Lincoln.
8. Beginning on the date that is 30 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer or importer to knowingly possess a ghost gun in or affecting interstate, intrastate, interregion, intraregion, or foreign commerce.
9. Beginning on the date that is 30 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer or importer to possess a ghost gun in or affecting interstate, intrastate, interregion, intraregion, or foreign commerce with the intent to sell or transfer the ghost gun with or without further manufacturing or to manufacture a firearm with the ghost gun.
10. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer to sell, or transfer, in or affecting interstate, intrastate, interregion, intraregion, or foreign commerce , to any person other than a licensed manufacturer a machine that has the sole or primary function of manufacturing firearms.
11. (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed manufacturer to possess, purchase, or receive, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a machine that has the sole or primary function of manufacturing firearms.
(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a person who is engaged in the business of selling manufacturing equipment to a licensed manufacturer who possesses a machine with the intent to sell or transfer the machine to a licensed manufacturer.'
12. (A) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Attorney General shall prescribe regulations for engraving a unique serial number onto a ghost gun.
(B) The regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A) shall—
(i) allow an owner of a firearm described in subparagraph (A) to have a unique serial number engraved on the firearm by a licensed manufacturer or importer; and
(ii) require that a serial number be engraved on the frame or receiver in a manner sufficient to identify the firearm and the licensed manufacturer or importer that put the serial number on the firearm.
(C) The regulations authorized under this paragraph shall expire on the date that is 30 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph.
13. A person who violates this Title shall:
(1) in the case of the first violation by the person, be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both; or
(2) in the case of any subsequent violation by the person, be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
TITLE II—SAFE STORAGE
1. Except as provided in clause 2, it shall be unlawful for a person to store or keep any firearm on the premises of a residence under the control of the person if the person knows, or reasonably should know, that—
(I) a minor is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the parent or guardian of the minor; or
(II) a resident of the residence is ineligible to possess a firearm under Federal, Regional, State, or local law. "Resident" shall not be construed to include a temporary guest of the residence.
2. Clause 1 shall not apply if:
(I) the person—
(aa) keeps the firearm—
(AA) secure using a secure gun storage or safety device; or
(BB) in a location which a reasonable person would believe to be secure; or
(bb) carries the firearm on his or her person or within such close proximity thereto that the person can retrieve and use the firearm as readily as if the person carried the firearm on his or her person; or
(II) another individual unlawfully enters the premises under the control of the person and thereby gains access to the firearm
2-a. PENALTY.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subclause, any person who violates clause 2 shall be fined $500 per violation.
(ii) FORFEITURE OF IMPROPERLY STORED FIREARM.—Any firearm stored in violation of clause 2 may be subject to seizure and forfeiture under applicable state or regional law.
(iii) MINOR DEFINED.—In clause 2, the term ‘minor’ means an individual who has not attained 18 years of age.
3. Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Lincoln Government shall establish voluntary best practices relating to safe firearm storage solely for the purpose of public education.
4. The Lincoln Government shall give not less than ninety days public notice, and shall afford interested parties opportunity for hearing, before establishing such best practices.
5. In establishing the best practices, the Lincoln Government shall outline such best practices for preventing firearm loss, theft, and other unauthorized access for the following locations:
(i) Businesses.
(ii) Vehicles.
(iii) Private homes.
(iv) Off-site storage facilities.
(v) Any other location it desires to cover
6. Not later than 1 year after the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall publish, in print and on a public website, the best practices created and shall review such best practices and update them not less than annually.
7. Beginning on January 1, 2025, licensed manufacturers and licensed importers that serialize not less than 250 firearms annually shall provide a clear and conspicuous written notice with each manufactured or imported handgun, rifle, or shotgun that—
(1) is attached or adhered to, or appears on or within any packaging of, each handgun, rifle, or shotgun; and
(2) states ‘SAFE STORAGE SAVES LIVES’ followed by the address of the public website established above.
8. The Lincoln Government may award grants to States and Indian Tribes for the development, implementation, and evaluation of Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Programs. Government Officials shall have discretion, within the bounds of existing law, to design an application process for such grants. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2033, to remain available until expended.
9. Funds awarded under Section 8 shall be allocated as follows:
(1) Not less than 75 percent of the funds received by a grantee shall be used to create or to provide resources for Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Programs in the jurisdiction.
(2) Not more than 25 percent of the funds received by a grantee may be made available to nonprofit organizations to partner with units of local government to purchase and distribute safe firearm storage devices.
10. Definitions: For this Title:
(1) The term ‘safe firearm storage device’ means a device that is—
(A) designed and marketed for the principal purpose of denying unauthorized access to, or rendering inoperable, a firearm or ammunition; and
(B) secured by a combination lock, key lock, or lock based on biometric information which, once locked, is incapable of being opened without the combination, key, or biometric information, respectively.
(2) The term ‘Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Program’ means a program—
(A) carried out by a unit of state or local government or an Indian tribe; and
(B) solely for the purpose of acquiring and distributing safe firearm storage devices to the public.
Title III - Effective Date
1. Where not otherwise stated, this legislation shall take effect on January 1, 2023.
Sponsor: Speaker Dwarven Dragon
Occupying: Slot 3 of 8
