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A few months ago, I read this and wondered, how in the world did this guy buy 34 guns despite a court order?
Did he get them at a gun show? Did the background check take more than 3 biz days, allowing the purchase?
Nope. He found a loophole.
🧵on my new bill to prevent this
Did he get them at a gun show? Did the background check take more than 3 biz days, allowing the purchase?
Nope. He found a loophole.
🧵on my new bill to prevent this
The thought of an insurrectionist amassing this kind of arsenal was troubling, to say the least. So I asked my staff to look into it and see if there were any laws on the books that weren't being enforced or proposals we could sign onto to address this.
We couldn't find any. 2/
We couldn't find any. 2/
Federal law requires gun sellers to conduct a background check before completing a gun sale but doesn't prohibit the sale of guns to people who are prohibited from purchasing guns as a condition of a pretrial release court order. 3/
