Michigan Democrats on Monday renewed their push to expand background checks to cover all gun sales, citing loopholes that allow online and private transactions to go undetected.
Bills in the Republican-led Legislature would subject the sale of rifles, not just handguns, to background checks. Author: Associated Press, David Eggert Published: 1:35 PM EDT May 17, 2021 Updated: 1:35 PM EDT May 17, 2021
LANSING, Mich. Michigan Democrats are renewing their push to expand background checks to cover all gun sales, citing loopholes that allow online and private transactions to go undetected.
Bills in the Republican-led Legislature would subject the sale of rifles, not just handguns, to background checks.
Federal law requires background checks in Michigan when firearms are bought from licensed dealers but does not cover transactions between unlicensed sellers and buyers which gun-control advocates have long sought to address.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. â Missouri s Republican-led Legislature passed a high-profile measure to ban local enforcement of federal gun laws with just an hour to spare before lawmakers 6 p.m. Friday deadline.
The GOP-led House voted 111-42 along party lines to send the firearms bill to Republican Gov. Mike Parson.
The measure would block enforcement of federal gun laws by local police, an effort growing in popularity in Republican-led states under Democratic President Joe Biden s administration. The Second Amendment is under attack, bill sponsor Republican Rep. Jered Taylor said. It s under attack by the Democrats, particularly the Biden administration.