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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BikerHT" data-source="post: 2167046" data-attributes="member: 24483">One problem in reviewing bills is that they are always amending previous bills, so you never actually see all of the actual language - without finding the older bill being amended.  Then you have to find the previous bill they amended with that one, etc... If I am reading the info below correctly (taken from the text of S. 649), I would now have to use an FFL for a "transfer" of a firearm to a friend I have known for years.  I am assuming the BOLDED references to licenses are meaning an FFL.  Or am I mistaken?  SEC. 122. FIREARMS TRANSFERS.(a) In General- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--(1) by repealing subsection (s);(2) by redesignating subsection (t) as subsection (s);(3) in subsection (s), as redesignated--(A) in paragraph (3)(C)(ii), by striking ‘(as defined in subsection (s)(8))’; and(B) by adding at the end the following:‘(7) In this subsection, the term ‘chief law enforcement officer’ means the chief of police, the sheriff, or an equivalent officer or the designee of any such individual.’; and(4) by inserting after subsection (s), as redesignated, the following:‘(t)(1) Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013, it shall be unlawful for any person who is not licensed under this chapter to transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer has first taken possession of the firearm for the purpose of complying with subsection (s). Upon taking possession of the firearm, the licensee shall comply with all requirements of this chapter as if the licensee were transferring the firearm from the licensee’s inventory to the unlicensed transferee.‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--‘(A) bona fide gifts between spouses, between parents and their children, between siblings, or between grandparents and their grandchildren;‘(B) a transfer made from a decedent’s estate, pursuant to a legal will or the operation of law;‘(C) a temporary transfer of possession that occurs between an unlicensed transferor and an unlicensed transferee, if--‘(i) the temporary transfer of possession occurs in the home or curtilage of the unlicensed transferor;‘(ii) the firearm is not removed from that home or curtilage during the temporary transfer; and‘(iii) the transfer has a duration of less than 7 days; and‘(D) a temporary transfer of possession without transfer of title made in connection with lawful hunting or sporting purposes if the transfer occurs--‘(i) at a shooting range located in or on premises owned or occupied by a duly incorporated organization organized for conservation purposes or to foster proficiency in firearms and the firearm is, at all times, kept within the premises of the shooting range;‘(ii) at a target firearm shooting competition under the auspices of or approved by a State agency or nonprofit organization and the firearm is, at all times, kept within the premises of the shooting competition; or‘(iii) while hunting or trapping, if--‘(I) the activity is legal in all places where the unlicensed transferee possesses the firearm;‘(II) the temporary transfer of possession occurs during the designated hunting season; and‘(III) the unlicensed transferee holds any required license or permit.‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘transfer’--‘(A) shall include a sale, gift, loan, return from pawn or consignment, or other disposition; and‘(B) shall not include temporary possession of the firearm for purposes of examination or evaluation by a prospective transferee while in the presence of the prospective transferee</blockquote>

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