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03/03/1993 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three Senators proposed stricter
regulation of federally licensed firearms dealers Wednesday.
Some dealers would face a 75-fold increase in annual license fees,
from $10 to $750, while authorities would have more time to investigate
license applicants, according one proposals authored by Sen. Paul Simon,
D-Ill.
Another would make it illegal for a dealer to sell guns or ammunition
if the dealer has "reasonable cause" to believe the goods would be used
in a violent crime.
"The message from this legislation to the gun dealer is: when in
doubt, don't sell," Simon said at a news conference. Joining him were
Democratic Sens. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey and Dianne Feinstein of
California, and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.
The higher fees and other enforcement provisions could cut the number
of federally licensed dealers from 275,000 to about 50,000, they said.
That could mean fewer guns in circulation and a drop in violent crime,
the lawmakers said.
"This bill is a common sense measure to help stop the flow of
firearms to America's streets," Lautenberg said.