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Senators introduce bill to expand checks for sale or transfer of firearms
Submitted by: Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com

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A group of 28 Senators led by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) to require private sellers to conduct background checks for the sale or transfer of firearms, with certain exceptions.

The requirements of the Background Check Expansion Act would apply to all unlicensed sellers, whether they sell firearms online, at gun shows or out of their home. These sellers would need to visit a licensed firearms dealer to run the background check before finalizing any gun sale.

Comment by: jac (10/28/2017)

Stupid Democrats.

Criminals don't obey laws. All these laws only restrict the rights of law abiding citizens that aren't the problem.

Comment by: PHORTO (10/28/2017)

I reiterate (and I seem to be the only one pointing this out) that there is no constitutionally delegated power for the federal gov't to do this.

The power to mandate background checks at retail issues from the commerce clause. The feds can mandate commercial licensing and impose conditions upon those licenses. Private transfers are not commerce, hence no power to mandate private background checks resides there. One can tediously pore over the rest of the Constitution looking for such authorization, but you will not find it.

Because it ISN'T in there.

This law would be facially unconstitutional.

Comment by: ExNuke (10/29/2017)

Once again Repressive Democrats show that they couldn't care less about the Background Checks only in increasing the expense, red tape, inconvience and the number of booby traps they can set for the unwary to discourage gun ownership. Open the NICS phone lines to private individuals if they really believe that background checks do anything except promote the Black Market for untraceable guns.