Trump open to supporting background check bill

By Daniel Terrill

President Trump delivering his speech on the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. (Photo: The White House)
In the wake of the Florida shooting, White House spokesmen told reporters Monday that President Trump is open to a bipartisan background check bill pending in the Senate.
According to officials, Trump spoke to Sen. John Cornyn, a ranking Republican from Texas, on Friday about the Fix NICS Act he filed with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, to improve state and federal compliance with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
“While discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered, the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system,” the White House said in a statement to reporters on Monday.
The Fix NICS Act, filed after a mass shooting at a Texas church in November, was designed to penalize government agencies that fail to report criminal records of prohibited buyers to NICS. Lawmakers filed the measure after learning the Texas gunman had been convicted of domestic violence charges while serving in the U.S. Air Force, but the military failed to report it. The error spurred Senate hearings as well as Defense Department and the Justice Department to conduct

Source: Guns.com