HR 726: Ban on Internet firearm trading..."obtain, dispose, offer to obtain or dispose"

[David Honig]

At 03:37 PM 2/28/01 -0600, Mac Norton wrote:
>Probably already prohibited, as a practical matter, under one or
>another provision of 18 USC 922.
>MacN

Nope.

The posting of commercial advertisements on the net is currently ok; 
see http://www.turners.com/engage/ads.php for instance.

This is another attempt to make the net lower-status than deadtrees.



>
>On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Aimee Farr wrote:
>
>> http://thomas.loc.gov
>> 
>> HR 726 [Feb. 26]
>> To ban the use of the Internet to obtain or dispose, or offer to obtain or
>> dispose of, a firearm.
>> Rep. Patsy Mink (D-HI) http://www.house.gov/mink/

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