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S. 16 (Daschle, Leahy, Biden, Schumer, Durbin, Boxer, Breaux,
Clinton, Corzine,
Rockefeller, Levin, Johnson, Kerry, Kennedy): This is the chief Senate
Democrat crime
bill. It contains large numbers of provisions with serious ramifications
for civil liberties, but
the central gun-related provisions would:
authorize $150,000,000 for an expansion of Project
Exile and the prosecution of
street crime by the federal government (section
1311 et seq.);
establish "gun enforcement teams," at a cost of $15,000,000
a year, to
specifically go after gun offenses in sample jurisdictions
(section 1312);
expand the "Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative"
to 250 cities or counties by
2005 (section 1321);
impose a lifetime gun ban for juvenile indiscretions (section 1331);
revoke a dealer's license for failing to have sufficient
trigger locks or
comparable devices (section 1332);
increase penalties for a variety of offenses involving
transferring firearms to
juveniles, firearms "conspiracy," and receiving
a firearm with an obliterated
serial number (sections 1333, 1335, 1336, and 2122);
require an Instantcheck
for private transactions at gun shows (section 1341 et
seq.);
require ballistics testing be submitted to the government
for newly manufactured
firearms (section 1501 et seq.);
enhance sentences for offenses involving the discharge
of a firearm or the use of
laser sighting devices (sections 2105 and 2143);
expand the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
Act (RICO) to
cover the potentially gun-related offense of "assault"
(section 2113);
criminalize the negligent transfer of a firearm which
is used to commit a crime,
thereby requiring dealers to investigate their customers
or face potential
criminal consequences for failing to do so -- while
amending the Sentencing
Guidelines to increase penalties for negligently
transferring a firearm to a
prohibited person (section 2121 and 2123);
create a $60,000,000 per year "local gun violence
prevention program" section
4271 et seq.).