Gun control groups support new bill to close ‘Charleston Loophole’

By Chris Eger

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., wants to make sure no firearm leaves an FFL without the recipient completing a federal background check. (Photo: Kevin Dietsch/UP)
National gun control advocates have embraced a House measure proposed by a South Carolina Democrat to end the “default to proceed” practice in pending gun background checks
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn introduced HR.3464 last month to prohibit licensed dealers from transferring firearms to buyers before completing a background check.
The measure addresses an issue identified in aftermath of the 2015 mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, a district that Clyburn represents. The shooter, who had a pending drug charge, obtained his firearm months before after his three-day delay expired without the FBI able to confirm that he was a prohibited possessor.
“The Background Check Completion Act will guarantee that no gun is sold by a licensed dealer until a background check is completed,” Clyburn said in a statement. “My bill is a commonsense fix to our nation’s gun laws, and I call on my colleagues in Congress to move it immediately towards passage.”
Under federal guidelines, licensed firearms dealers can transfer a gun immediately after issued a “proceed” authorization through the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System. In

Source: Guns.com