More is needed, including
requiring background checks for all gun purchases, such as at gun shows, said US Rep. Ted Deutch, a Democrat who represents the congressional district that includes Parkland.
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania said Wednesday that he'll probably reintroduce bipartisan legislation that would
require background checks for all gun purchases online and at gun shows.
Not exact matches
If Trump does decide to take a risk and lead the charge on an issue that would
require tough votes by conservative lawmakers — perhaps on strengthening
background checks for gun purchases — it would be a departure
for his presidency
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 Alliance is calling on Congress to promote
gun reform by passing legislation
requiring universal
background checks for all
gun purchases.
Schneiderman touted his record, which he says includes getting back pay owed to fast food workers, cracking down on opioid and heroin abuse, and convincing
gun show operators to voluntarily close legal loopholes and
require background checks for purchases.
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.
In March 2015, she co-sponsored a bill
requiring background checks for all
gun sales, aiming to close loopholes on
purchasing guns at shows and on illegal websites.
A bipartisan group of Congresspeople is once again filing a bill that would
require background checks for all commercial
gun purchases.
This bill would
require stricter
gun control laws and universal
background checks for those trying to
purchase guns.
Current law
requires background checks only
for guns purchased from a federally licensed dealer.
-- Introduce some nominal
gun control measures, including banning sales to those younger than 21 and
requiring a three - day waiting period and
background check for all
purchases from licensed dealers.
The council also removed specific demands that called
for «banning military - grade assault rifles;
requiring background checks on all
gun purchases; banning the sale of accessories and add - ons such as bump stocks that circumvent the ban on automatic firearms; and prohibiting the sale of firearms to individuals on a terrorist watch list.»
Its CEO went even further by calling
for a government ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity magazines and bump stocks, increasing the minimum age
for gun purchases,
requiring expanded universal
background checks, and closing the
gun show loophole.