Sentences with phrase «new background checks for gun purchases»

A CNN / ORC International Poll released Wednesday found that 86 % of people support «tougher new background checks for gun purchases.»

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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.

Legislators in Connecticut have passed what some are saying are the nation's toughest new gun laws — banning high - capacity magazines, creating a weapon offender registry, requiring universal background checks for firearm purchases and adding more types of guns under an existing assault weapons ban.

Legislators in Connecticut have passed what some are saying are the nation's toughest new gun laws — banning high - capacity magazines, creating a weapon offender registry, requiring universal background checks for firearm purchases...

The new Organizing For Action, the successor organization to Obama's 2012 grassroots army, turns its fire on Republican Congressmembers over gun - purchase background checks, as first reported by USA Today.

The FBI was flooded on Black Friday with more than 200,000 background check requests for gun purchases, setting a new single day record, the bureau reported.

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.

The Senate GOP bills would not limit the purchase or sale of any guns or impose new requirements for background checks.