The Biden administration is moving to expand background checks for gun purchases, fulfilling a key demand of advocates following the deadly shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas.
The final rule, expected to be submitted Thursday to the Federal Register by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, would eliminate a loophole that has allowed sales of guns without background checks of guns outside of brick-and-mortar stores.
The rule was issued under a provision of the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It requires that anyone who sells guns for profit to have a license and that buyers be subject to a background check, including at firearms shows and flea markets. The administration had been working on the rule since last spring. Once publicized, it will take effect in 30 days.
The so-called gun show loophole has for years allowed unlicensed gun dealers to sell firearms without background checks at gun shows, on the internet and out of their homes. The new rule, the most sweeping expansion of firearms background checks in decades, will apply to more than 20,000 individuals engaged in unlicensed gun dealing and affect “tens and tens of thousands of gun sales” each year, an administration official told reporters during a call previewing the announcement.
“This single gap in our federal background check system has caused unimaginable pain and suffering,” Vice President Kamala Harris said on the call.The vice president noted the 25th anniversary next week of the mass shooting at Columbine High School, which was carried out…
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This is already a law. You cannot deal weapons with out a fed license. And that required a background check
@Justice2019Green1mo1MO
But it sounds like they're doing something on the surface, right..?
To those ignorant of the way things work...
Because that's all they care about.
@V0terAlexDemocrat1mo1MO
It now covers private sales. If I sell a gun to you and make a profit I would need an ffl.
@PeacefulTr3atyDemocrat1mo1MO
Over 300 Americans a day are victims of gun violence. Gun show background check requirements are an essential and long overdue step in ending this gun violence epidemic.
@KingdomVenisonPatriot1mo1MO
Do you realize 300 Americans die a day from Fentanyl? Apparently, you and your fellow Democrats condone this. You are all hypocrites.
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FBI data shows that only 4% of gun crime is done by legally purchased and owned guns.
So … all this does nothing at all.
@DiscerningCodRepublican1mo1MO
Licensed Firearm dealers already have to do that. Gun show or not. They are pandering to the uninformed liberals to show they are tough on guns.
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