Show Ammunition Registration Ineffectual Unnecessary Burden Says Sen Bennett Senator Wallace F. F Bennett Benett Utah R-Utah t today day said he is preparing preparing pre pre- paring legislation to eliminate a major portion of the Ammunition Ammunition I Registration I no Section In of r the Gun Control Act of 1968 It is already proving to be bea a burdensome and Ineffectual process of registration he said The Utahn who successfully sponsored co-sponsored a provision in the law prescribing mandatory stiff penalties for gun misuse said My concern over the ammunition ammunition section has been intensified led through reports I have had from sportsmen in Utah who have been unduly harassed when buying ammunition because of the new Federal regulations SENATOR BENNETT continued continued contin contino Section of Although tt w I the A Act which since mid Dec ember has been the thela law of the theland theland land seemed to many members members mem memo bers of Congress Congress' quite innocuous ous sus at the time it it was passed Treasury Department regul Implementing the provision provision pro pro- vision have gone too far afield The language of the l law w Itself itself It it- self sell calls for incensed dealers merely to keeps keep a re record ord of the place and form of sales However However How How- ever guidelines issued by the Department call for forno no less than nine notations for each sale of ammunition These Include de date manufacturer caliber quantity name of purchaser address date of birth drivers driver's license number and other cation Senator Bennett said It It Itis is notable that the Senate Committee Committee Com Com- recommended that such records not be required or pur chase of rifle and shotgun shells or for caliber 22 ammunition However the committees amendment amendment a a- to this effect was defeated on the floor of the Senate The Utah lawmaker said his bill blU will go at l least ast as far as the committees original proposal proposal pro pro- in an attempt to relieve sportsmen and other legitimate gun owners of this bureaucratic red tape and Federal harass harass- ment If this provision could uld be construed construed con con- as a legitimate crime deterrent then perhaps It Would I be Justified However I cannot see ste how such record keeping will curb the criminal while protecting the rights of legitimate legitimate mate owners of 01 firearms |