| Resolution Number: | 2022-B003 |
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| Title: | Advocate for the Regulation of Ghost and 3D Printed Guns |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the parts and kits used to build ghost guns—unserialized and untraceable firearms that can be built by anyone using unfinished frames or receivers—should be banned, and until that is possible, should be subject to full regulation as firearms and subject to all federal regulations that apply to firearms, including all oversight related to the provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; and be it further
Resolved, That the manufacture of firearms or firearms parts using 3D printers poses a singularly dangerous threat and should be banned, and until that is possible, should be subject to full regulation as firearms and subject to all federal regulations that apply to firearms, including all oversight related to the provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; and be it further
Resolved, That the Office of Government Relations, members of the Episcopal Public Policy Network and individual Episcopalians be encouraged to advocate for state and federal legislation that would ban and/or subject the parts and kits used to build homemade weapons to the same oversight and regulation that exists for firearms.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), p. 848. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The. Rt. Rev. Douglas Fisher |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Social Justice and United States Policy |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #5 on Resolution B003 (Regulating Ghost Guns and 3D Printed Guns) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(B003)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the parts and kits used to build ghost guns—unserialized and untraceable firearms that can be built by anyone using unfinished frames or receivers—should be banned, and until that is possible, should be subject to full regulation as firearms and subject to all federal regulations that apply to firearms, including all oversight related to the provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; and be it further
Resolved, That the manufacture of firearms or firearms parts using 3D printers poses a singularly dangerous threat and should be banned, and until that is possible, should be subject to full regulation as firearms and subject to all federal regulations that apply to firearms, including all oversight related to the provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; and be it further
Resolved, That the Office of Government Relations, members of the Episcopal Public Policy Network and individual Episcopalians be encouraged to advocate for state and federal legislation that would ban and/or subject the parts and kits used to build homemade weapons to the same oversight and regulation that exists for firearms.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #15)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #31 on HD Message #15 on Resolution B003 (Regulating Ghost Guns and 3D Printed Guns) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #317)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention calls for the ban or full regulation of parts and kits used to build ghost guns as well as the manufacture of firearms, or parts, using 3D printers. |
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| Notes: | Many resolutions concurred by the House of Bishops on Day 3 resulted in two messages being sent to the House of Deputies. The Acts of Convention followed the Journal Editor’s lead in using the second message number as the official message. House of Bishops Message #317 was preceded by House of Bishops Message #251. |