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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 24, 1998
Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the transfer of a handgun by a licensed dealer unless the transferee submits a written statement that the transferee is not subject to a court order that: (1) restrains the transferee from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner or transferee or from engaging in conduct that would place such partner or child in reasonable fear of bodily injury; and either (2) includes a finding that the transferee represents a credible threat to the physical safety of such partner or child; or (3) explicitly prohibits the use or threat of physical force against such partner or child that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury.
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Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D–NJ
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3587)
Introduced in Senate
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