The White House has also said Trump was looking at a bill that would strengthen
federal gun background checks.
An Air Force review has found that the branch failed to report «several dozen» service members found guilty of violent offenses to
the federal gun background check database, with representatives of the service telling the New York Times that the reporting failure that allowed disgraced airman Devin Patrick Kelley to purchase the firearms he used to murder 26 parishioners in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Nov. 5 «was not an isolated incident.»
Not exact matches
The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said in a statement that Trump spoke with Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas about a bipartisan bill to improve
federal background checks for prospective
gun buyers.
A majority of Republicans back universal
background checks, a ban on assault - style weapons, a
federal database to track
gun sales, prohibitions on people with mental illness, and barring people on no - fly or watch lists from buying firearms.
After staying largely mum in the last few days about the massacre and the escalating debate about weapons, Mr. Trump said Monday that he was supportive of a bipartisan effort to strengthen
federal background checks for
gun purchases.
Citibank's emphasis on
background checks would require licensed firearms dealers to go beyond
federal law and refuse to sell a
gun to anyone if an instant
background check lasts three business days without incriminating evidence being discovered against the would - be buyer.
Federal law requires
background checks for
gun sales by licensed dealers, but there are holes in the system.
The Broward County School Board has formally entered the
gun debate, passing a resolution Tuesday that calls for tougher
federal background checks and a ban on semiautomatic weapons.
In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the
gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the
federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's
gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the
background - check system for
gun purchases.
A vast majority of
guns used in 19 recent mass shootings were bought legally and with a
federal background check.
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.
Rep. John Katko, a longtime
gun rights supporter, said he will consider supporting changes in
federal gun laws that would raise the minimum age to buy a firearm and require universal
background checks for all
gun sales.
«And those people that buy
guns from private owners at a
gun show have the responsibility, if they knowingly realize it, someone can not pass a
background check or if they suspect that maybe they are mentally incompetent, it is a state felony and a
federal felony.
It also bans high - capacity magazines, requires
federal background checks on private
gun sales and imposes felony penalties for illegal
gun possession.
That's the essence of the problem, that the NICS
federal background check is very limited,» said Cuomo, adding how officials in the four
gun violence coalition states worry about weapons purchased in other states being brought across their borders.
The state also requires that private
gun sales are subject to
federal background checks to determine if the buyer is a felon or otherwise prohibited from having a
gun.
Specifically, Team 26 is advocating for stronger
background checks, making
gun trafficking a
federal crime, and the closing of loopholes that allow dangerous individuals to purchase
guns.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, amid growing outcry over last week's deadly shooting at a South Florida high school, signaled his support Monday for bipartisan legislation aimed at bolstering
federal background checks on
gun buyers.
And the Senate passed a $ 1.3 trillion spending package Friday that would encourage state and
federal authorities to provide more information to the national
gun background check system.
The Democrats said at a lower Manhattan news conference with the Statue of Liberty in the backdrop that their preference is that the
federal government add terror watch lists to the criteria used in
background checks, but congressional efforts to mandate the cross-check have met pushback from
gun advocates.
WAMC's political observer Dr. Alan Chartock discusses indications that President Trump is open to supporting a bipartisan congressional effort to revise
federal background checks for prospective
gun buyers and President Trump's endorsement of Mitt Romney in the Utah Senate race.
Tenney said she supports taking a look at the
federal background check system and argued that the shooting should not change the dynamics of the debate over
gun control in her district which encompasses cities like Utica, Rome and Binghamton.
Mentally Disabled Veterans and
Guns — Vote Passed (240 - 175, 14 Not Voting) The bill would clarify the conditions under which individuals who receive federal benefits from the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) may be declared mentally incompetent for purposes of being added to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and thereby prevented from purchasing guns or ammunition — requiring that an affirmative declaration be made by a judge that the person is danger
Guns — Vote Passed (240 - 175, 14 Not Voting) The bill would clarify the conditions under which individuals who receive
federal benefits from the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) may be declared mentally incompetent for purposes of being added to the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System (NICS) and thereby prevented from purchasing
guns or ammunition — requiring that an affirmative declaration be made by a judge that the person is danger
guns or ammunition — requiring that an affirmative declaration be made by a judge that the person is dangerous.
Under current
federal law,
gun dealers must check a potential buyer's name in the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System before selling a firearm.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he introduced legislation to lengthen the waiting period to buy
guns for people who aren't immediately approved by a
federal background - check database.
MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg will make a major announcement regarding illegal
guns and the
federal background check system, his office said Saturday.
Mayor Bloomberg's office said he would make a major announcement about
guns and the
federal background check system.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. John Katko, a longtime
gun rights supporter, said Friday he will consider supporting changes in
federal gun laws that would raise the minimum age to buy a firearm and require universal
background checks for all
gun sales.
To estimate
gun sales during the months after the shooting, Levine and McKnight looked at the number of
federal background checks on individuals seeking to purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer as a proxy.
Instead he advocates three steps informed by research: requiring
background checks for all U.S.
gun sales, forbidding alcohol abusers and those convicted of violent misdemeanors from buying
guns, and rewriting current
federal restrictions on
gun ownership to better capture people who are mentally ill and at risk of violence to themselves or others.
One major study published in JAMA in 2000 analyzed suicide and homicide data from 1985 to 1997 to evaluate the impact of the Brady Act, a 1994
federal law that requires
background checks for people buying
guns.
The proposed amendment is intended to overturn a 1997 Supreme Court decision, Printz v. United States, which said states can't be forced to participate in the
federal system of
gun background checks, according to coverage of the book by the Associated Press and Business Insider.
They pointed to a measure included in a $ 1.3 trillion spending package that Congress passed early Friday — one that would incentivize state and
federal authorities to report more data to the country's
gun background check system.
Even this week, the White House said Monday Trump «is supportive of efforts to improve the
federal background check system» for
gun purchases and Tuesday the President said he has directed his attorney general to propose changes that would ban so - called bump stocks, which make it easier to fire rounds quicker.
The Broward County School Board has formally entered the
gun debate, passing a resolution Tuesday that calls for tougher
federal background checks and a ban on semiautomatic weapons.
Congress passed a $ 1.3 trillion spending package on Friday that include a bill that incentivizes state and
federal authorities to report more data to the country's
gun background check system.
One exception is the Fix NICS Act, a modest measure that would offer incentives to states and
federal agencies to improve reporting to the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System, or NICS, for
gun purchasers.
They passed a resolution urging state and
federal lawmakers to pass
gun control measures, including restricting the sale of ammunition and
gun modifiers, to ban assault weapons, to limit the number of firearms a person can own, and institute a universal
background check.