,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aded  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bh1       
#bjai,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi 7for himself1 
,mr4 ,case1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 
,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4      
,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4          
,garamendi1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,mr4         
,hastings1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,ms4 ,jackson   
,lee1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1    
,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 
,payne1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,raskin1    
,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4  
,soto1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,green of     
,texas1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4  
,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 and ,mr4
 ,thompson of ,mississippi7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to provide for a #c-;day       
waiting period before a person may      
receive a handgun1 with exceptions4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,choosing ,our ,own ,lives ,over   

,fast ,firearms ,act or the ,,cool ,,off
 ,act4  #b4 #c-;day waiting period      
required before receipt of a handgun1   
with exceptions  7a7 ,transfers between 
persons who are not firearms licensees  
,section #ibb of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7aa7  7#a7      
,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71  
it shall be unlawful for a person not   
licensed under this chapter1 in or      
affecting interstate or foreign         
commerce1 to receive a handgun from     
another person not licensed under this  
chapter unless at least #c business days
 7meaning a day on which ,state offices 
are open7 have elapsed since the        
recipient most recently offered to take 
possession of the handgun4  7#b7        
,paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply with    
respect to a handgun transfer that meets
 the conditions of subsection 7t77#g74  
4  7b7 ,transfers by firearms licensees 
to non-,licensees ,section #ibb7t7 of   
such title is amended-- 7#a7 in         

paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7 by striking and  
at the end of subparagraph 7,b77ii72    
7,b7 by adding and at the end of        
subparagraph 7,c72 and  7,c7 by adding  
at the end the following3  7,d7 in the  
case of a handgun transfer that does not
 meet the conditions of paragraph 7#g71 
#c business days 7meaning a day on which
 ,state offices are open7 have elapsed  
since the licensee contacted the system4
  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the  
following3  7#g7 ,a handgun transfer    
meets the conditions of this paragraph  
if--  7,a7 the transferee is a law      
enforcement agency or any law           
enforcement officer1 armed private      
security professional1 or member of the 
armed forces1 to the extent the officer1
 professional1 or member is acting      
within the course and scope of          
employment and official duties2  7,b7   
the transfer is a loan between spouses1 
between domestic partners1 between      
parents and their children1 between     
siblings1 between aunts or uncles and   

their nieces or nephews1 or between     
grandparents and their grandchildren1   
for a lawful purpose2  7,c7 the transfer
 is temporary and necessary to prevent  
imminent death or great bodily harm1 if 
the possession by the transferee lasts  
only as long as immediately necessary to
 prevent the imminent death or great    
bodily harm2 or  7,d7 the transfer is   
temporary and the transferor has no     
reason to believe that the transferee   
will use or intends to use the firearm  
in a crime or is prohibited from        
possessing firearms under ,state or     
,federal law1 and the transfer takes    
place and the transferee's possession of
 the firearm is exclusively--  7i7 at a 
shooting range or in a shooting gallery 
or other area designated for the purpose
 of target shooting2  7ii7 while        
reasonably necessary for the purposes of
 hunting1 trapping1 or fishing1 if the  
transferor-- 7,i7 has no reason to      
believe that the transferee intends to  
use the firearm in a place where it is  

illegal2 and  7,,ii7 has reason to      
believe that the transferee will comply 
with all licensing and permit           
requirements for such hunting1 trapping1
 or fishing2 or  7iii7 while in the     
presence of the transferor4  4  7c7     
,penalties ,section #ibd7;a77#a77;,b7 of
 such title is amended by striking or   
7q7 and inserting 7q71 or 7aa74  7d7    
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to conduct     
engaged in after the #ij-;day period    
that begins with the date of the        
enactment of this ,act4