I would refer you to your own Bill. The Bill will not make it more difficult to obtain a license. However, it will complicate license checks on someone purchasing a firearm. Checks by firearms dealers will not longer be compulsory but optional. Dealers will be able sell guns on the good faith of the customer alone. Those purchasing firearms will no longer be required to produce their license either to prove it is still valid or that they do indeed have one. Consequently, your Bill will be a significant incentive for those, who either should probably not have a firearm or who have been banned by the courts from possessing one, to purchase and trade firearms.
On November 24th, 2011. See this statement in context.