The White House is finalizing a new executive action that would
expand background checks on gun purchases, according to one of President Obama's senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett.
President Donald Trump backed a U.S. Senate proposal to
expand background checks on gun sales, as part of a call for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. gun policy in the wake of the Florida school shooting.
President Trump backed a Senate proposal to
expand background checks on gun sales, as part of a call for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. gun policy in the wake of the Florida school shooting.
Bloomberg's group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, backed the gun control package, which
expanded background checks on gun purchases and limited the size of ammunition magazines, that passed the legislature earlier this year.
Not exact matches
In the wake of the murder of 49 people and the wounding of 53 in Orlando last weekend, Senate Democrats have won the chance to vote Monday
on two narrow gun control proposals they sponsored:
expanding background checks and barring terror suspects from buying guns.
He yielded the floor at 2:11 a.m. EDT, saying he had won commitments from Republican leaders that they would hold votes
on amendments to
expand background checks and ban gun sales to suspected terrorists.
Connecticut
expanded a ban
on assault weapons, prohibited the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines and imposed stricter
background checks on gun purchases after 20 children and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012.
This week, President Barack Obama announced a series of executive actions
on gun control, including
expanding background checks.
Under heavy pressure from an influential gun - control group, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he would introduce legislation
expanding universal
background checks — following through
on a months - long pledge to bring forward the bill.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D - New York) has openly supported Democratic bills including one that
expands the
background check requirement to gun shows and online purchases and another that would stop anyone who's been
on the federal terrorism watch list in the past five years from purchasing a gun.
But they added targeted communication
on the issue with white suburban swing voters, who strategists say support measures such as
expanded background checks, could help drive turnout with that segment of the electorate.
And when asked about the Las Vegas shooting at an appearance in Albany
on Monday, Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand said Congress should consider banning assault weapons,
expanding background checks and cracking down
on gun trafficking.
Americans for Responsible Solutions advocates for barring people with domestic abuse convictions from buying firearms, for hardening penalties for illegal gun trafficking, federally funding gun violence research and for
expanding and improving the national
background check system, in order to cover weapons bought
on the internet or at gun shows.
Rep. Steve Israel calls
on the Republican - controlled Congress to pass legislation to close gun sale loopholes and
expand background checks held outside of the Great Neck South Middle School in Great Neck, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015.
The Senate could vote as early as Tuesday
on expanded background checks for gun buyers — a centerpiece of broad gun legislation — but leading lawmakers said today that approval of the measure remained uncertain.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement
on Sunday called for
expanding background checks for gun purchases — embracing a specific gun control measure in the wake of a high school shooting in Florida that killed 17 people last month.
New York congressional candidate Anthony Brindisi distanced himself from his own favorable rating from the National Rifle Association a couple weeks ago by calling for a ban
on high - capacity magazines and
expanding firearm
background checks.
The law, known as the SAFE Act,
expanded the state's ban
on purchasing new assault weapons, established more comprehensive
background checks for gun and ammunition purchases, and toughened laws against illegal gun possession.
Hours after he left the Senate Thursday morning, Murphy made numerous national television appearances to discuss the two areas where Democrats forced a vote: banning people
on government terrorism watch lists from buying guns and
expanding background checks.
The new law
expanded the ban
on automatic weapons and big ammunition magazines and requires
background checks for private gun sales, changes that are an improvement to public safety.
The changes would pave the way for Uber and other apps to
expand with little or no regulation
on issues like wheelchair - accessible vehicles, fingerprint
background checks and fair driver pay.
With mass shootings dominating the news at regular intervals, Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have pursued legislation to
expand background checks, prevent those
on the terrorism watch list from buying guns, and impose stiff penalties for gun straw purchasing and trafficking.
These include
expanded background checks of potential gun owners, and a ban
on assault weapons.
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Examples: a no - exceptions ban
on military - style weapons and high - capacity magazines; universal,
expanded background checks; limits
on monthly purchases; technology that allows only owners to fire guns.
Its CEO went even further by calling for a government ban
on assault - style weapons, high - capacity magazines and bump stocks, increasing the minimum age for gun purchases, requiring
expanded universal
background checks, and closing the gun show loophole.
A grant from CREDO members would have a significant impact
on the three main areas that the Brady Center focuses
on: reducing the flow of crime guns into communities most heavily impacted by gun violence,
expanding and protecting the Brady
Background Check system and changing the cultural perception that owning or carrying a gun makes you safer.
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.
Expanding on the point above, you don't necessarily want to run every possible kind of
background check on every applicant for every role — it's unaffordable.
A bill that requires home health care agencies in Indiana to obtain a national (
expanded) criminal record
background check on employees will become effective July 1.
PreCheck's April 2014 release includes over 10 features and enhancements, including six self - running reports
on areas such as
background check report volume,
expanded visual cues for monitoring the status of reports, as well as the ability for clients to leave notes to communicate with other users
on the account regarding individual reports.
Attorney Lester Rosen, the Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) who «wrote the book
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