The only gun measure Trump has signed so far was last February, which revoked an Obama - era regulation that required the Social Security Administration to disclose information to
the national gun background check system about certain people with mental illness on a quarterly basis.
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 president also says he is open to supporting legislation that would make small improvements in
the national gun background check system.
The regulation required the Social Security Administration to disclose information about some of its beneficiaries with mental illness to
the national gun background check system.
Not exact matches
Many agencies consistently fail to report criminal records to the
National Instant Criminal
Background Check System (NICS)-- the system gun sellers use to verify if someone is eligible to buy
System (NICS)-- the
system gun sellers use to verify if someone is eligible to buy
system gun sellers use to verify if someone is eligible to buy a
gun.
And officials do not always inform the F.B.I.'s
National Instant Criminal
Background Check System of things, like criminal convictions and mental illnesses, that could disqualify a person from buying a
gun.
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.
The move will mean New York, along with New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island will enter into a memorandum of understanding to share information, including the creation of a multi-state database that is meant to supplement the
National Instant Criminal
Background Check System as well as trace and intercept
guns used in crimes.
Suggestions for
gun reform include reinstatement of the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, the banning of high - capacity bullet clips, improved
background checks for people with histories of mental illness, and initiating a
national gun registration / inspection
system similar to the motor vehicle registration / inspection
system.
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 fir
check a potential buyer's name in the
National Instant Criminal
Background Check System before selling a fir
Check System before selling a firearm.
President Donald Trump had previously backed raising the age on buying some
guns as well as showing support for incentivizing states to report information the
national background check system.
She told the audience people who shouldn't own
guns should be reported by states to a
national 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.
Loesch, the
National Rifle Association spokeswoman, told the audience she was fighting for them and that people who shouldn't own guns should be reported by states to a national background check
National Rifle Association spokeswoman, told the audience she was fighting for them and that people who shouldn't own
guns should be reported by states to a
national background check
national background check system.