October 2 - This morning at the Hartford Legislative Office Building, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced new legislation that would bar gun sales until background checks are complete.
More below.
Will even this modest improvement to our gun control laws pass?
The senseless killing of nine innocent people in Charleston, S.C. on June 17 was made possible because the alleged gunman was able to buy a gun without passing a background check. A “default to proceed” loophole in the Brady Handgun Violence Act allows gun retailers to proceed with a firearms sale after three days, if an applicant’s background check is still pending. While certain facts remain unknown, the FBI has acknowledged that a fully completed background check would have uncovered Dylann Roof’s prior arrest on a drug charge and his drug addiction, thereby barring him from purchasing the .45-caliber handgun with which he took nine lives.
It will be interesting to see where Sen. Sanders is on this, since he voted against the Brady Bill due to it's requirement for a waiting period prior to gun purchases.
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