Congressman Dan Goldman Fights for Safeguards and ID-Verifications on Online Firearm Ammunition Sales
The 'Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act’ Would Prevent Online Proliferation of Ammunition by Requiring Dealers to Verify Buyers’ ID In-Person
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Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) in introducing the ‘Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act’, which would place safeguards and limitations on the sale of ammunition over the internet.
The Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act would require federally licensed ammunition dealers to confirm the identity of individuals who arrange to purchase ammunition over the internet by verifying a photo I.D. in-person. The bill would also require ammunition vendors to report any sales of more than 1,000 rounds within five consecutive days to the U.S. Attorney General, if the person purchasing ammunition is not a licensed dealer.
“The ease with which anonymous buyers can acquire large quantities of deadly ammunition is a key driver of gun violence in this country, and poses an immense threat to all Americans,” said Congressman Dan Goldman. “Firearm ammunition should be under lock and key – requiring vigorous safety checks instead of being shipped nationwide as easily as any other package. These commonsense measures will save lives by slowing the proliferation of ammunition to potentially dangerous individuals, as well as by flagging suspicious purchases for law enforcement agencies.”
In most states firearm ammunition is readily available online and can be shipped to the buyer’s doorstep so long as they have a scanned picture of their ID submitted to the online store. The current system is easily bypassed by minors and bad actors, allowing massive quantities of ammunition for deadly weapons to be sold nationwide without limit or accountability.
Fighting the gun violence epidemic and making our communities safer is foundational to Congressman Goldman’s work in the House of Representatives.
In August, Goldman cosponsored the ‘Ghost Guns and Untraceable Firearms Act’ to ban the sale of unserialized and untraceable firearms. He also signed on to a package of legislation that both establishes a federal “red flag” program and strengthens state and local efforts to support the implementation of extreme risk protection order laws and cosponsored the ‘End Gun Violence Act’ to prohibit individuals convicted of a violent misdemeanor from purchasing handguns or ammunition for five years after conviction.
In November, Congressman Goldman cosponsored the ‘Responsible Firearms Marketing Act,’ which would direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study the dangers of unfair and deceptive marketing and advertising practices utilized by the gun industry.
Congressman Goldman is a Vice Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force and is Chair of the Dads Caucus Gun Violence Prevention Working Group.
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