1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act . 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) In 2016, 90 percent of the 11,004 firearm homicides in the United States occurred with a handgun. (2) Recently published research by top national experts, notably on Missouri and Connecticut handgun purchaser licensing laws, have estimated that Missouri’s repeal of its handgun purchaser licensing law led to a 25-percent increase in firearm homicide rates while Connecticut’s adoption of its handgun purchaser licensing law led to a 40-percent decrease in firearm homicide rates. (3) In States which have had effective handgun purchaser licensing laws for decades, such as Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York, the vast majority of guns traced to crimes originated in other States, which supports the need for handgun purchaser licensing laws in every State. 3. Definitions In this Act— (1) the terms Attorney General , State , and handgun have the meanings given those terms in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code