What was attached to the gun bill

For example, Thompson noted he has a bill that would require the FBI to alert local law enforcement when someone who tries to buy a gun fails a background check. Those are just several of the dozens of gun violence prevention bills Democrats have introduced — primarily reintroduced — since the start of the th Congress. Other proposals include raising the age at which someone can purchase an assault rifle and banning bump stocks — devices that can be attached to semiautomatic weapons so they fire at the rate of a machine gun.

Dina Titus acknowledged last month that some proposals may take longer to pass than others. The Nevada Democrat represents parts of Las Vegas, where in a gunman equipped his rifles with bump stocks to rapidly fire at attendees of country music concert, killing 58 people. Democrats deliberately started with two gun control bills that are bipartisan for that reason.

But despite a few co-sponsors from across the aisle, both bills had very little support from House Republicans. While the House passed a bill that included this provision in December, a Senate bill with the same proposals has stalled. It's been referred to the Judiciary Committee, but it has not been taken up for a vote. The bill came as a result of the shooting in Texas where the gunman killed 26 people at a church.

The shooter had previously been imprisoned for domestic abuse, but the Air Force didn't convey that information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which should have prevented him from buying the guns used in the mass shooting. Read More. What would the bill accomplish if implemented?

It would ensure that federal and state authorities comply with existing law and require them to report criminal history records to the NICS. The bill would hold federal agencies accountable if they fail to upload records to the background check system by blocking bonus pay for political appointees in agencies that fail to upload records to the background check system.

The White House said in a veto message that the background-checks bill could block someone from borrowing a firearm for self-defense or allowing a neighbor to take care of a gun while traveling. Democrats called those arguments misleading and said gun owners have a responsibility to ensure firearms are properly handled. The bill includes exceptions allowing temporary transfers to prevent imminent harm or for use at a target range.

The long-delayed bill would merely close loopholes to ensure that background checks are extended to private and online sales that often go undetected, Democrats said. Mike Thompson of California, a key sponsor who has pushed for expanded background checks since the killing of 20 elementary school students in Newtown, Connecticut.

We couldn't get a vote. Today, we're here to tell you it's a new day. With this Democratic majority, we have made a commitment to address the issue of gun violence. To demonstrate their support for the bill, Thompson and other Democrats wore orange ties, while others wore orange scarves, the color used by the movement against gun violence.