Sentences with phrase «private gun sales»

The new law expanded the ban on automatic weapons and big ammunition magazines and requires background checks for private gun sales, changes that are an improvement to public safety.

It also bans high - capacity magazines, requires federal background checks on private gun sales and imposes felony penalties for illegal gun possession.

In her op - ed, one thing state Rep. Katie Edwards - Walpole points out that is not in Senate plans is «a constitutional amendment that allowed individual counties to close the gun show loophole, the loophole which allows private gun sales to take place at gun shows without a background check.»

Colorado required background checks for private gun sales and limited magazines after 12 people were killed at a movie theater in 2012.

The 2013 SAFE Act broadened the definition of banned assault weapons, prohibited magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds, required background checks on private gun sales and mandated mental health providers report when patients indicate they might hurt themselves or others.

But Democrats favor a much broader expansion of background checks and are pushing legislation that «at minimum» would mandate them for all private gun sales — including at gun shows or over the Internet.

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.