Nevada: Republicans slam rushed background check law as dangerously flawed

By Chris Eger

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat who won election last year in part due to a $3.5 million effort by Everytown, signed an expanded background check into law last week. (Photo: Sisolak’s office)
Introduced last Monday in the state legislature, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a new and controversial universal background check bill into law on Friday.
The week-old measure, SB 143, was approved by the Democrat-controlled Senate 13-8 on Wednesday and the Assembly 28-13 on Friday, after which Sisolak applied his signature. The move was loudly opposed by gun rights advocates and Republicans in the legislature.
“SB143 misses the mark,” said state Senate Republican leader James Settelmeyer. “It arbitrarily and unnecessarily infringes on the rights of law-abiding citizens.”
The law mandates that most firearms transfers in the state take place only after a background check is performed. Narrow exceptions exist for sales or transfers between immediate family members, for some types of temporary loans, and for law enforcement. Violators could be charged with a gross misdemeanor on the first offense, and a class C felony under subsequent offenses, the latter punishable by up to five years in state prison.
Gun rights groups to include the National Rifle Association, warned legislators that the proposal lacked

Source: Guns.com