Originally posted by kbear1
Can you buy them from online stores or gun shows?
That's what the legislation was for.
The universal background checks measure would require background checks to cover sales made at gun shows and over the internet. Current law only mandates federally licensed firearms dealers to conduct background checks before making a gun sale.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/...on-most-significant-gun-control-bill-in-years
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" “If you look at the bill, it wouldn’t have stopped many of these mass shootings. What it would do is make it harder for law-abiding citizens to exercise their rights,” Scalise told The Hill on Tuesday. "
Why punish law-abiding citizens, they are not the ones that use weapons to hurt people......... but we all have to suffer and nutters will still be able to get guns the same way they always have. Should we stop you driving because other people get intoxicated and drive and then kill people?