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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 ammu-
nition, 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 capac-
ity ammunition magazine may be transferred. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gun Safety: Not Sorry 
Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) There is nearly one mass shooting per day 
in the United States—355 mass shootings in 2015. 
(2) In December 2012, a gunman walked into 
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Con-
necticut, and killed 20 children, 6 adults, and him-
self. 
(3) Since December 2012, there have been at 
least 1,518 mass shootings, with at least 1,715 peo-
ple killed and 6,089 wounded. 
(4) On the night of October 1, 2017, a gunman 
opened fire on a large crowd of concertgoers at the 
Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas 
Strip, leaving 58 people dead and 527 injured. 
(5) Every day, on average, 92 Americans are 
victims of gun violence, resulting in more than 
33,000 deaths annually. 
(6) States with higher gun ownership rates have 
higher gun murder rates—as much as 114 percent 
higher than States with lower gun ownership rates. 
(7) A recent study by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention looking at 30 years of homi-
cide data found that for every 1 percent increase in 
a State’s gun ownership rate, there is a nearly 1 
percent increase in its firearm homicide rate. 
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(8) Gun death rates are generally lower in 
States with restrictions such as safe storage require-
ments or assault weapons bans. 
(9) Mass shootings stopped by armed civilians 
in the past 33 years: 0. 
(10) Because more than 75 percent of the 
weapons used in mass shootings between 1982 and 
2012 were obtained legally, stronger legislation is 
needed to prevent guns from getting into the wrong 
hands. 
SEC. 3. 7-DAY WAITING PERIOD REQUIRED BEFORE TRANS-
FERRING A SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARM, A SI-
LENCER, ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION, OR 
A LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINE. 
(a) TRANSFERS
BY
LICENSED
IMPORTERS, LI-
CENSED MANUFACTURERS, OR LICENSED DEALERS TO 
PERSONS NOT SO LICENSED.—Section 922(t) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, armor piercing ammu-
nition, or a large capacity ammunition maga-
zine’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ the first place it appears; 
and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘(B)(i) in the case of a transfer not referred to 
in clause (ii)— 
‘‘(I) the system provides the licensee with 
a unique identification number; or 
‘‘(II) 3 business days (meaning a day on 
which State offices are open) have elapsed since 
the licensee contacted the system, and the sys-
tem has not notified the licensee that the re-
ceipt of a firearm by such other person would 
violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of the transfer of a semiauto-
matic firearm, a silencer, armor piercing ammuni-
tion, or a large capacity ammunition magazine, 7 
business days (meaning a day on which State offices 
are open) have elapsed since the licensee contacted 
the system, and the system has not notified the li-
censee that the receipt of the firearm or ammunition 
involved by such other person would violate sub-
section (g) or (n) of this section; and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘firearm’’ the 
first place it appears; 
(3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, armor 
piercing ammunition, or a large capacity ammuni-
tion magazine’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ the second place it 
appears; 
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(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, armor 
piercing ammunition, or a large capacity ammuni-
tion magazine’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ the first place it ap-
pears; and 
(5) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, armor piercing ammu-
nition, or a large capacity ammunition maga-
zine’’ after ‘‘firearm’’ the first place it appears; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the firearm’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a firearm’’. 
(b) TRANSFERS BETWEEN PERSONS WHO ARE NOT 
LICENSED IMPORTERS, LICENSED MANUFACTURERS, OR 
LICENSED DEALERS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—Section 922 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(aa) It shall be unlawful for a person who is not 
a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed 
dealer, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to 
transfer to another person not so licensed a semiautomatic 
firearm, a silencer, armor piercing ammunition, or a large 
capacity ammunition magazine, unless at least 7 business 
days (meaning a day on which State offices are open) have 
elapsed since the transferee most recently offered or 
agreed to acquire the semiautomatic firearm, silencer, am-
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munition, or magazine, as the case may be, from the 
transferor.’’. 
(2) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(5) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘or (t)’’ and inserting 
‘‘, (t), or (aa)’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of such title is 
amended by inserting after paragraph (29) the following: 
‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic firearm’ means any 
repeating firearm which utilizes a portion of the energy 
of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and 
chamber the next round, and which requires a separate 
pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge. 
‘‘(31) The term ‘large capacity ammunition maga-
zine’ means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar 
device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily re-
stored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of am-
munition.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to conduct engaged in after the 
30-day period that begins with the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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