House Passes Two Bills Expanding Background Checks For Gun Sales
House Passes Two Bills Expanding Background Checks For Gun Sales
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed two gun control measures on Thursday, adding requirements to the background check process in an effort to prevent approvals for those who do not actually qualify, due to posing a danger to themselves or others.
H.R. 8 is the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, which seeks to “utilize the current background checks process in the United States to ensure individuals prohibited from gun possession are not able to obtain firearms.” It is a reintroduction of the 2019 bill by House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chairman Mike Thompson, (D-Calif.).
What does ‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ actually mean? Absolutely nothing.
Try as they might to fight for local gun-rights refuges, proponents are firing blanks.
Few sayings drive me more to distraction these days than “out of an abundance of caution.”
What does it actually mean? That good old-fashioned caution no longer cuts it? That we’re only being truly cautious if we go overboard? That we can’t be too careful in these perilous times?
I have no idea. But now, as I peruse the news from all over Maine, I find myself snagged on an equally perplexing idiom. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the “Second Amendment sanctuary.”
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Democrats took a major step in imposing stricter gun laws on Thursday as the House of Representatives passed two gun-control bills.
H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446 passed the House largely along party lines but with some defections from each party. The bills would modify the federal gun background check system. H.R. 8 would outlaw the private sale of used guns unless done through a licensed dealer and H.R. 1446 would extend the time the FBI can delay a gun sale without making a decision by up to 17 business days.
The House passed bills to expand background checks to nearly all gun sales and extend the window for background checks to 10 days from three days. The bills were a priority for Democratic leaders, and passed mostly along party lines.