Sentences with phrase «of gun purchasers»

In Colorado earlier this month, two state senators — including the Senate president, who is a former police chief and himself a gun owner — were recalled from office by voters for backing a bill implementing expanded background checks of gun purchasers.

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At one point during the documentary, Couric asks representatives of the Virginia Citizens Defense League a question: «If there are no background checks for gun purchasers, how do you prevent felons or terrorists from purchasing a gun?»

Enforceable universal background checks, an end to gun trafficking, and prosecution of straw purchasers (when someone with a clean record buys a gun legally and then sells to someone who would pass a back ground check) are all commonsense measures we can take with action from our elected officials.

A verdict against a Milwaukee - area gun store is breathing new life into similar litigation nationwide, including the case involving the outlet that sold guns via a straw purchaser to William Spengler, who in December 2012 killed two firefighters at his home in the Rochester suburb of Webster.

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy says closing loopholes in the background check system for gun purchasers won't threaten firearms owners» Second Amendment rights to own a gun, and is a matter of common sense.

In addition to the waiting period, the new law includes raising the minimum age for gun purchasers from 18 to 21 and a ban on bump stocks — an add - on that can allow a semi-automatic weapon to fire like an automatic weapon with a single pull of the trigger.

The overwhelming majority of Florida voters polled in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre want stricter gun laws, including universal background checks for gun buyers, a higher minimum age for gun purchasers, and an outright ban on assault - style rifles.