Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) feeding off Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-gun bill that he signed into law this year, which increased the age to purchase firearms to 21, now wants a gun registry (via Orlando Weekly):
“Federal law prohibits the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from creating an electronic, accessible database of gun records – but U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says he has a fix for that.
That’s why he’s filed a bill called the Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act, which would give ATF up to three years to create a database that would include all records in its possession on the sale, importation, production or shipment of firearms.
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Making matters even more complicated, Florida law says that it’s a felony offense to create a list of gun owners. Government agencies risk up to a $5 million fine from the state for doing so.”
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