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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: RoosGirl on May 09, 2018, 01:02:00 am

Title: Orange County votes to close gun-law loophole, require background checks
Post by: RoosGirl on May 09, 2018, 01:02:00 am

Orange County commissioners took aim Tuesday at a gun-law loophole, voting unanimously to reimpose a three-day waiting period on the sale of firearms at gun shows and flea markets.

A delay allows authorities to check the eligibility of buyers and block sales to felons and others disqualified from possessing guns.

Proponents like Andrea Halperin, an Orlando mom and local leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, said it’s good policy because background checks have blocked over 3 million gun sales to prohibited buyers.

“This ordinance is a good idea because we believe it can help save lives, that’s the bottom line,” Halperin said. “Anytime you prevent somebody who shouldn’t have a gun from getting a gun — whether it’s one person or 20 people — that’s a good thing for the safety of the citizens of Florida.”

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-orange-commission-gun-law-change-20180508-story.html (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-orange-commission-gun-law-change-20180508-story.html)

Title: Re: Orange County votes to close gun-law loophole, require background checks
Post by: thackney on May 09, 2018, 01:41:55 pm

Gun Show Loophole is such a "fake news" term.

The same gun laws apply inside the gun show as they do everywhere else.