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Bush's position was that the gun show loophole should be closed by federal legislation since the gun show loophole was created by previous federal legislation. [ 2 ] [ 65 ] [ 66 ] President Bush ordered an investigation by the U.S. Departments of Health, Education, and Justice in the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting in order to make ...
The Senate bill, S. 843, was introduced by Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ] on April 21, 2009 to establish background check procedures for gun shows. [1] The House bill, (H.R. 2324, was introduced by Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE] on May 7, 2009 to require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows. [2]
Aimed at closing the so-called "gun show loophole," the rule clarifies what it means to be "engaged in the business," so that those selling weapons at gun shows, other venues and online will face ...
The new ATF rule, which took effect May 20, seeks to close what gun control advocates have long called the “gun show loophole” by increasing the requirements to obtain a federal firearms ...
The Biden administration is proposing a rule to eliminate the so-called gun-show loophole — one of ... including by expanding the background checks that keep guns out of the hands of criminals ...
The NICS Improvement Amendments Act (Pub. L. 110–180 (text)) was passed in 2007 in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings in order to address loopholes in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, commonly known as NICS, which enabled Seung-Hui Cho to buy firearms despite having been ruled a danger to himself by a Virginia court.
WASHINGTON — In what could be the biggest expansion of federal background checks in decades, the Biden administration is moving to end the controversial “gun-show loophole.”
A federal judge in Texas blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to close the so-called gun show loophole on Wednesday, expanding a prior temporary ruling to impact Texas, Louisiana, Utah and ...