Legislative
Toomey/Manchin Background Check Bill
Source: http://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=965 TITLE ONE: GETTING ALL THE NAMES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASERS INTO THE BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM Summary of Title I: This section improves background checks for firearms by strengthening the instant check system. – Encourage states to provide all their available records to NICS by restricting federal funds to states who do not comply. –…
Read MoreLaw Enforcement Survey Says Gun Restrictions Are Ineffective
A national survey of law enforcement shows officers believe many proposed gun control measures — including bans on assault weapons — will be ineffective at reducing violent crime and that legal gun ownership by private citizens would prove a better safeguard. Among the findings of a survey by the industry website PoliceOne, which tallied responses…
Read MoreSenators Reach Deal On Background Checks
Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey will unveil a bipartisan deal to expand background checks for commercial gun sales at a news conference Wednesday morning, opening a pathway for the biggest change in U.S. gun laws in nearly two decades. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has been closely involved in the gun talks, called Mark…
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