Proponents sue Nevada over dormant background check law

By Chris Eger

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval was named as a defendant along with state Attorney General Adam Laxalt over a sidelined law expanding background checks to virtually all gun transfers. (Photo: AP)
Gun control advocates who campaigned for a voter-approved universal background check law that never took effect are suing Gov. Brian Sandoval and Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in a Clark County District Court, seeks the courts direct Sandoval to move forward with enacting the tenets of the measure narrowly selected by Nevadans in last year’s general election.
“Passage of the Background Check Act was the culmination of a four-year process, during which proponents of the law were opposed by Governor Sandoval and Attorney General,” says the filing, submitted by attorney Mark E. Ferrario for the firm of Greenberg Traurig. He represents three individuals — Dale Zusi, Vicki DeLaTorre and Sydney Gordon — who worked for the passage of the initiative including marching in demonstrations, working phone banks and participating in door-to-door campaigns.
The referendum backed, Question 1, failed in 16 of the state’s 17 counties with only voters in Clark County approving the measure, in the end passing by around 10,000 votes.
Laxalt pumped the brakes on the measure soon after

Source: Guns.com