Sentences with phrase «federal gun purchase»

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Under federal law, long guns like the semiautomatic AR -15-style assault rifle used by the Florida gunman can be bought from licensed dealers by people as young as 18, while the minimum age for handgun purchases is 21.

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.»

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.

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.

Had Kelley been convicted of sexual assault, he would likely have been prevented from purchasing a gun because federal guidelines prohibit sales to anyone convicted of a felony punishable by more than one year in prison.

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.

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.

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.

US Sen. Chuck Schumer said he wants the federal government to use its «massive purchasing power» to put the financial screws to gun manufacturers who deal with shady weapon sellers.

Top New York officials are asking the federal government to help the state to block people on the terror watch list from legal gun purchases.

U.S. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, introduced a bill to «incentivize» federal agencies to report criminal convictions to ensure the wrong people can not purchase guns.

Indeed, federal law allows people on terror watch lists to purchase guns, and thousands of them have done so.

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 dangerGuns — 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 dangerguns or ammunition — requiring that an affirmative declaration be made by a judge that the person is dangerous.

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.

On 29 April, the White House announced measures to make it easier for US police and federal agencies to test and purchase «smart» guns that won't fire except in the hands of their owner.

A Senate vote on an amendment that would have blocked gun purchases by people on a federal watch list for terrorism caught the attention of NBC producer / reporter Frank Thorp:

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.

Commissioner Roberto Martinez, a former federal prosecutor, proposed an amendment that mirrored gun restrictions imposed by a new Florida law, which raised the minimum age from 18 to 21 and imposed a three - day waiting period to purchase long guns, such as the one used by Cruz.

Federal law includes several different age limits for gun purchases.