We bring a clear, articulate, and honest message to every lawmaker we talk to, regardless of party. And they can tell you about some bill from 15 years ago and how it works.
There are very few people that can do that on our side. The NRA is one of them. Warts and all, the NRA remains the most influential gun group on Capitol Hill, and few on either side of the aisle even try to pretend otherwise.
When the rubber hits the road, you have to write a law and the details matter. The Democrats care about it just as much as we do, and they want to get it right. We want to get it right.
A lot of Americans own guns and value their gun rights—and that makes restricting access to them difficult even when the NRA is weak and its opponents are ascendant. Skip to content Site Navigation The Atlantic. Popular Latest. April 17 marks a sad anniversary. It appears that more than , Americans purchased a gun without a background check during the pandemic, including 75, flagged purchasers — those who would not have been able to legally buy a gun had there been a background check.
This ought to shock us all. Guns now kill about 40, Americans a year , comparable to the toll of vehicle accidents 39, , breast cancer 42, , liver disease 43, and pancreatic cancer 45, Today, the purchase of guns without background checks is referred to as the Charleston loophole; these guns are purchased in stores, through private sales, at gun shows and over the internet.
When a background check flags a gun purchaser, the FBI works to determine if that person can legally buy a gun. But if that process takes longer than three days, gun dealers are allowed to complete the sale, even knowing the purchaser may be legally disqualified from the purchase.
This policy is not only nonsensical, it is a moral violation of the sanctity of life. President Joe Biden is a supporter of expanded gun control measures.
The legislation may face a tougher battle in the U. The bills follow a series of deadly U. Gun control is a divisive issue in the United States, which enshrines gun rights in its Constitution.
Most Republicans strongly oppose gun restrictions, while most Democrats argue that new laws are needed to curb gun violence. Read: How many attacks will it take until the white-supremacist threat is taken seriously? Graham and Blumenthal are also co-sponsors of a bill that would go even further by allowing federal courts to issue extreme-risk protection orders, but Graham made no mention of that proposal yesterday, and his spokesman did not return a request for comment.
The passage of red-flag laws has become a top priority for gun-control advocates, who have seen more success lobbying in statehouses than in Congress, where staunch Republican support for gun rights has stymied efforts to strengthen the federal background-check system or revive a ban on assault weapons. He said the various state laws have been used more than 1, times in total, including a notable case in Vermont in which the law allowed authorities to bar a teenager who had detailed plans to shoot up his school from buying weapons.
A red-flag law would be the most significant action Congress has taken on guns in years. In , the House and Senate took a modest step by enacting the Fix NICS Act to encourage states and the military to upload records to the federal background-check system.
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