Cruz, a Texas Republican, is pushing the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2019 this fall, a bill he introduced with Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican. Its prospects are likely to depend on whether President Donald Trump supports the measure, and so far there’s been no word from the White House.
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The Grassley-Cruz bill includes provisions to criminalize straw purchasing of firearms, which occurs when someone buys a gun for a prohibited purchaser. It would also ensure that federal agencies efficiently submit records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the national system that gun sales personnel use to verify a purchaser’s criminal history.
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The bill’s primary purpose, according to Cruz, is to keep firearms out of the hands of “felons and fugitives,†rather than to take away the rights of “law-abiding citizens†to own guns, something he accused state legislators of doing by implementing red flag laws.
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