We hope that you will contact your state legislators and let them know that you oppose the
proposed background check legislation in Michigan (SB 286), California (AB 1681), Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Virginia, and Ohio.
(CNN)- Diverging from the generally non-political college sendoff, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a gun - control advocate, Saturday tore into members of Congress for failing to
pass background check legislation.
«The President spoke to Senator Cornyn on Friday about the bipartisan bill he and Sen. Murphy introduced to improve Federal Compliance with
Criminal Background check Legislation,» Sanders said.
Schumer promised at the Brady Campaign's gala last November that he would introduce expanded
universal background checks legislation in early 2016, as well as press for a floor vote in the Republican - controlled chamber.
Shortly after, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Mike Thompson called on congress to create a committee on gun violence, allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study gun violence and pass
expanded background check legislation.
Not long after 20 young children and 6 adults were gunned down by a lone assailant at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut the U.S. Senate also rejected
tighter background check legislation.
«The President spoke to Senator Cornyn on Friday about the bi-partisan bill he and Sen. Murphy introduced to improve Federal Compliance with
Criminal Background check Legislation,» the White House said in a statement Monday morning.
The National Rifle Association supports
the background check legislation and also backs bump stock regulation, although not an outright ban.
But those moves have drawn criticism as being inadequate, with Democrats questioning whether the Justice Department even has authority to regulate bump stocks and arguing that
the background check legislation would not go far enough.