Post by Logan on Jan 31, 2016 0:54:32 GMT -6
Oregon gun loophole: Bill would ban default sales for slow background checks
Months after hinting they wouldn't move major gun bills in response to Oregon's deadliest mass shooting, Oregon Democrats are lining up behind a pair of proposals meant to keep firearms from dangerous people.
House Bill 4147, from House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson, would clarify that gun purchasers whose background checks take longer than 72 hours won't be able to buy weapons by default. Instead, they would have to wait as long as it took for the Oregon State Police to complete the check.
The measure, which would affect just a fraction of gun purchases in Oregon, emerged in the wake of last year's mass shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church.
The suspected gunman, federal authorities found, bought his weapon after a background check took longer than three days. If the sale had waited for the check to come back, the sale would have been denied because of a drug conviction.
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/gun_laws_oregon_democrats.html
Months after hinting they wouldn't move major gun bills in response to Oregon's deadliest mass shooting, Oregon Democrats are lining up behind a pair of proposals meant to keep firearms from dangerous people.
House Bill 4147, from House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson, would clarify that gun purchasers whose background checks take longer than 72 hours won't be able to buy weapons by default. Instead, they would have to wait as long as it took for the Oregon State Police to complete the check.
The measure, which would affect just a fraction of gun purchases in Oregon, emerged in the wake of last year's mass shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church.
The suspected gunman, federal authorities found, bought his weapon after a background check took longer than three days. If the sale had waited for the check to come back, the sale would have been denied because of a drug conviction.
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/gun_laws_oregon_democrats.html