Background Check Bill Seeks to Create Backdoor Gun Prohibition

By Justin Stakes

Background Check Bill Seeks to Create Backdoor Gun Prohibition, While Bloomberg Group Piles On

Fairfax, VA -(AmmoLand.com)- Demonstrating why he’s rated an “F” by the NRA, anti-gun Representative James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would in effect vastly expand federal prohibited person categories.

Worse, he is exploiting a recent tragedy and misinformation reported in the media to do so. The bill, H.R. 3051, seeks to repeal a critical safety valve in federal law that allows for a firearm transfer to proceed three business days after a NICS check is initiated, provided “the system has not notified the [FFL] that the receipt of a firearm by [the buyer or transferee] would [violate federal law.]”

This provision ensures that Americans’ rights to acquire firearms are not arbitrarily denied because of bureaucratic delays, inefficiencies, or mistakes in identity.

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) was designed to be just that: instant. Recognizing, however, that some determinations might require additional research to resolve authoritatively, the law states that if an immediate answer is not available, the transfer must be put on hold for three …read more

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