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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 125 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for a 7-day waiting 

period before a semiautomatic firearm, a silencer, armor piercing ammunition, or a large capacity ammunition magazine may be transferred. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2021 

Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for a 

7-day waiting period before a semiautomatic firearm, 

a silencer, armor piercing ammunition, or a large capacity ammunition magazine may be transferred. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gun Safety: Not Sorry 

5 Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 


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1 (1) There is nearly one mass shooting per day 

2 in the United States—355 mass shootings in 2015. 

3 (2) In December 2012, a gunman walked into 

4 Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Con5 necticut, and killed 20 children, 6 adults, and him6 self. 

7 (3) Since December 2012, there have been at 

8 least 1,518 mass shootings, with at least 1,715 peo9 ple killed and 6,089 wounded. 

10 (4) On the night of October 1, 2017, a gunman 

11 opened fire on a large crowd of concertgoers at the 

12 Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas 

13 Strip, leaving 58 people dead and 527 injured. 

14 (5) Every day, on average, 92 Americans are 

15 victims of gun violence, resulting in more than 

16 33,000 deaths annually. 

17 (6) States with higher gun ownership rates have 

18 higher gun murder rates—as much as 114 percent 

19 higher than States with lower gun ownership rates. 

20 (7) A recent study by the Centers for Disease 

21 Control and Prevention looking at 30 years of homi22 cide data found that for every 1 percent increase in 

23 a State’s gun ownership rate, there is a nearly 1 

24 percent increase in its firearm homicide rate. 


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1 (8) Gun death rates are generally lower in 

2 States with restrictions such as safe storage require3 ments or assault weapons bans. 

4 (9) Mass shootings stopped by armed civilians 

5 in the past 33 years: 0. 

6 (10) Because more than 75 percent of the 

7 weapons used in mass shootings between 1982 and 

8 2012 were obtained legally, stronger legislation is 

9 needed to prevent guns from getting into the wrong 

10 hands. 

11 SEC. 3. 7-DAY WAITING PERIOD REQUIRED BEFORE TRANS12 FERRING A SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARM, A SI13 LENCER, ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION, OR 

14 A LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINE. 

15 (a) TRANSFERS BY LICENSED IMPORTERS, LI16 CENSED MANUFACTURERS, OR LICENSED DEALERS TO

17 PERSONS NOT SO LICENSED.—Section 922(t) of title 18, 

18 United States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘, armor piercing ammu21 nition, or a large capacity ammunition maga22 zine’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ the first place it appears; 

23 and 

24 (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in25 serting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(B)(i) in the case of a transfer not referred to 

2 in clause (ii)— 

3 ‘‘(I) the system provides the licensee with 

4 a unique identification number; or 

5 ‘‘(II) 3 business days (meaning a day on 

6 which State offices are open) have elapsed since 

7 the licensee contacted the system, and the sys8 tem has not notified the licensee that the re9 ceipt of a firearm by such other person would 

10 violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) in the case of the transfer of a semiauto12 matic firearm, a silencer, armor piercing ammuni13 tion, or a large capacity ammunition magazine, 7 

14 business days (meaning a day on which State offices 

15 are open) have elapsed since the licensee contacted 

16 the system, and the system has not notified the li17 censee that the receipt of the firearm or ammunition 

18 involved by such other person would violate sub19 section (g) or (n) of this section; and’’; 

20 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘firearm’’ the 

21 first place it appears; 

22 (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, armor 

23 piercing ammunition, or a large capacity ammuni24 tion magazine’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ the second place it 

25 appears; 


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1 (4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, armor 

2 piercing ammunition, or a large capacity ammuni3 tion magazine’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ the first place it ap4 pears; and 

5 (5) in paragraph (6)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘, armor piercing ammu7 nition, or a large capacity ammunition maga8 zine’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ the first place it appears; 

9 and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘the firearm’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘a firearm’’. 

12 (b) TRANSFERS BETWEEN PERSONS WHO ARE NOT

13 LICENSED IMPORTERS, LICENSED MANUFACTURERS, OR

14 LICENSED DEALERS.— 

15 (1) PROHIBITION.—Section 922 of such title is 

16 amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(aa) It shall be unlawful for a person who is not 

18 a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed 

19 dealer, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to 

20 transfer to another person not so licensed a semiautomatic 

21 firearm, a silencer, armor piercing ammunition, or a large 

22 capacity ammunition magazine, unless at least 7 business 

23 days (meaning a day on which State offices are open) have 

24 elapsed since the transferee most recently offered or 

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1 munition, or magazine, as the case may be, from the 

2 transferor.’’. 

3 (2) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(5) of such 

4 title is amended by striking ‘‘or (t)’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘, (t), or (aa)’’. 

6 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of such title is 

7 amended by inserting after paragraph (29) the following: 

8 ‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic firearm’ means any 

9 repeating firearm which utilizes a portion of the energy 

10 of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and 

11 chamber the next round, and which requires a separate 

12 pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge. 

13 ‘‘(31) The term ‘large capacity ammunition maga14 zine’ means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar 

15 device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily re16 stored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of am17 munition.’’. 

18 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

19 this section shall apply to conduct engaged in after the 

20 30-day period that begins with the date of the enactment 

21 of this Act. 

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