The proposal would also
strengthen gun purchase and possession restrictions for mentally ill people under the state's Baker Act, which allows someone to be involuntarily hospitalized for up to 72 hours.
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
After staying largely mum in the last few days about the massacre and the escalating debate about weapons, Mr. Trump said Monday that he was supportive of a bipartisan effort to
strengthen federal background checks for
gun purchases.
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.
Trump asked Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who's worked on a bill to
strengthen background checks for
gun purchases, whether he left out a proposal to raise the
gun purchasing age to 21 out of his measure because senators are «afraid of the NRA.»
Lawmakers have since February debated
gun control legislation that include measures geared toward
strengthening background checks, banning bump stocks and making it harder for the dangerously mentally ill to
purchase a firearm.
At various points, Trump embraced arming teachers,
strengthening background checks, raising the minimum age for
gun purchases and forgoing due process to seize weapons from mentally disturbed people.
Sen. Susan Collins, Maine, a more moderate Republican voice on
gun restrictions, described several bills she has sponsored to
strengthen background checks, prevent straw
purchasing and to stop people on the no - fly list from
purchasing firearms.