Senate Dems kick off renewed push for expanded background checks

By Chris Eger

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn, wants universal background checks (Photo: Sen. Murphy’s office)
A group of 31 Democrats introduced a measure Wednesday mandating background checks on all gun sales in the country, though its prospects are slim.
The bill, S.2009, was submitted by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut with most of the Senate’s rank and file Democrats and Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in tow.
“This is old-fashioned common sense. People who can’t pass a background check shouldn’t be able to buy a gun and endanger your loved ones,” Murphy said in a statement.
Murphy’s Background Check Expansion Act would require most gun transfers first complete a Brady check. Exceptions would be for law enforcement, the military and security guards with weapons carried in the scope of their jobs and for some loans and gifts among close family. Guns used at shooting ranges or temporary loans for hunting or in cases “necessary to prevent imminent death” are also allowed.
This is not Murphy’s first time at bat with the concept. Last summer, he mounted a 14-hour filibuster during the discussion of an unrelated spending bill just days after the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, only yielding when promised he would get a floor vote on

Source: Guns.com