White House Backs Away From Barr’s Background Check Proposal

By Tom Knighton

Yesterday, we learned of an idea being floated by Attorney General William Barr that would expand universal background checks. (Fun fact, the journalist who broke the news, Amber Athey, will be on today’s Cam & Co., so be sure to check that out.)

The proposal called for mandatory background checks at all advertised gun sales, which would include gun shows. It apparently doesn’t differentiate for private sales between two parties that just happens to take place at a gun show and those between an FFL and a customer. However, it also doesn’t cover private transfers between two parties pretty much anywhere else.

At least, that’s the theory.

In practice, who knows what will actually transpire.

Not that it looks like it will matter, because not only is the NRA displeased with the bill, but the White House is backing away from it.

Attorney General William Barr spent Wednesday shopping a proposal to expand background checks to conservative Republicans in Congress. There’s just one problem: President Donald Trump is not on board with any of it.

“That is not a White House document, and any suggestion to contrary is completely false,” White House Deputy Press Secretary …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms