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a ont” of the reform bill, US. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) arms ‘‘among the most vital rights recognized in the Bill of im history of enforcement uses to the rights of private lizens. The abuses are legion, id can only be corrected by Ajor changes in the law self.*? US. Sen. Dennis 2 Presi Presiding ¢ over “the bearings i in ghe absence of Judiciary Chair. amanStrom Thurmond RS) U.SSens “Charles Grassley * *(RAA) heard testimony in sup-. “port-of ahe” Dill from, Senators McClure? Quentin = ik Burdick= (D-ND),? Dennis - ‘DeConcini ° .(D-AZ) and Ori a2 Hatch (R-UT).# US. Rep Haroid-Volkaer” .(D-MO), who introduced ‘the . efor bill in n the. House, also’. ‘DeConcini ‘o. AZ), - <who- has chaired . several Senate hearingsen the abuses of guo owners, stresses that only through the ‘enactment of S. ‘the deficiencies in the Gun’ Control Ad >and? its” “enforéement? bythe’: mit “§, 1030’s changes are si good law enforcement is no reason to pros of all charges. t be dealt with by law-abiding gun owners pr by unreasonable search gnd seizure directed at legitimate gun collectors. It is dealt Avith by imposing strict penalties on those who choose to mfsuse firearms for criminal . §. 1030 does exactly testified before the committee. Submitting written testimony in support of the reform effort were U.S. Reps. John Ashbrook (R-OH) and (D-OK). arrests Mike Synar ouse Judiciary Opposition hile Sen. McClure’s: bill wbuld probably clear the U.S. Stnate with ease, its House unterpart, H.R. 3300 by p. Volkmer has been stifled the House Judiciary Com- ittee, which is chaired by gun control advocate U. S. ; ; Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ). At the Dec. 9 Me “hear- ink, Rep. Volkmer said that despite his bill’s 164 cospon- sots he could not get a hearing for H.R. 3300 ‘‘because those ntrol (of the House Judi- ciary Committee) simply be- many guns as possible to as ble: -Un . rtunately, ‘that . hi * > losophy ill exists today.? 1030 can Stwe correct ~ $9 tie _ Gversight hearings 30°4979 and. shoulders? * R In: ahis staiemeg Bureau “of. Alcohdl;; “Tobacco = the. Gun: ‘Control '4 “and-Firearms, said. that: tonly 3 ‘as sone of the mo through:: ‘legislation *tsuc $.1030 *‘could we-corréct: the» “sentto” the President? “de . deficiencies in the Gun‘ ‘Con= : trol Act which 1 became’ aware -of during previous hearings.” ’ Sen. DeConcini said:that he’ was “‘dismayed at the abuse of -. In the- wrong hands 3 it. _deadly :weapon- against: the "68. a yee oe Fourteen’ “years: ‘of miserable: “experience “attest 1o that\act.. a* date’ cost’ ‘him over $10 were left largely unouch® lieve\that no one should have Control Act was to deny as. many pfivate citizens as possi- . . Asked -by Sen:: Grassley it Le gurity “of innocent ‘Americans. \. gun owners”? under't the. GCA. It is: incumbent, upon jus to ‘netor doing and prosecuted ; : peau who detailed gross injustices BRAsee peer ete we esemwere ie ich-they had suffered because ed of the law andi enforcement ‘ifuliy by the BATF. of Committee members, P' personnel and a near-capa ity’, audience listened spellbo d \ for more than 20 minules while Richard Boulin Monrovia, MD, testified he had become a 12-count ¢ victed felon because of acti which the BATF told him w completely legal. Mr. Boulin, a former Ma land police officer and decorated Vietnam veter: was a Federally licensed fir arms dealer who also collected. commemorative firearms whic he maintained independent 0 his business stock. =” The Gun Control Act re quires that licensed dealer record all firearm transactions in permanent records, but it allows private collectors and citizens to make personal trans- fers to individuals of their state of residence... ~ Mr. Boulin was convicted i in 1976 of selling five guns from his personal collection without recording the transactions in re his dealer records, a-practice , which he said was sanctioned : ‘by BATFE and which he backs ; up with documentation. | ;. i “1 asked BATF agents “in Baltimore if I needed to record ; private ‘transactions*'in my } business records and two times | I was 2old ‘No.’ Then” they | as. pieces Sof * legistati feeee: ‘ { woe so Neer ee means |” gE ETE TEE I TN RAE TLE ETS: _ soos oe : ‘ : : ” ae rene nied Ce ee a a oes