Mike Levin: “I express my support for the Terrorist Firearms Detection Act, a bill introduced earlier this week by Senator Kennedy.…”

“I express my support for the Terrorist Firearms Detection Act, a bill introduced earlier this week by Senator Kennedy. Originally passed in 1988, and sometimes called the ``plastic gun'' law, this Federal law makes it illegal for any person to manufacture, import, ship, deliver, possess, transfer or receive any firearm that is not detectable by walk-through metal detectors or the type of x-ray machines commonly used at airports. Since September 11, 2001, the Congress has worked hard to improve the security of our borders, airports, government buildings, and communities. However, in just over 2 months, on December 10, this essential common sense gun safety legislation is set to expire. The Terrorist Firearms Detection Act would permanently reauthorize the plastic gun law. Plastic guns, whose production has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association, should only be used by our military and intelligence agencies and must never find their way back into our communities. This legislation has the support of every major gun safety organization in the country, including the Brady Campaign to Prevent Violence United with the Million Mom March, Americans for Gun Safety, and the Violence Policy Center.”