Second Amendment in Bipartisan Line of Fire

Gun control was already a Biden administration priority before the recent shootings in Georgia, Colorado, and Virginia.

In fact, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two gun-control bills weeks before the shootings.

One of the House-passed bills expands background checks to include private sales, including those made at gun shows. Under this bill, someone who is not a licensed federal firearms dealer cannot sell a firearm without first relinquishing it to a federally-licensed dealer.

The dealer must then conduct a background check on the prospective purchaser.

The second bill allows the federal government to indefinitely delay a background check, thus indefinitely delaying a gun purchase.