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Tag: background checks

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FBI To Start Using A 2nd Database For Gun Background Checks

VICTORIA HANSEN, South Carolina Public Radio, NPR

Posted on July 13, 2018 · Dylann Roof was able to buy a gun two months before the Charleston church massacre because of a background check error. A new plan by the FBI aims to fix what critics call the "Charleston Loophole."

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Which Gun Control Proposals Actually Have A Chance Of Becoming Law?

PBS NewsHour

Posted on February 28, 2018 · Here are the six key proposals to watch

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Congress Stalled On Bills To Tighten Gun Background Check System

Kelsey Snell, NPR

Posted on February 27, 2018 · Lawmakers have made little progress in advancing any new gun control measures in since the February 14 shooting that left 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida

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Trump Wants To Ban Bump Stocks; Government Doesn’t Know If It Can Do It

Associated Press

Posted on February 22, 2018 · The president also tweeted his endorsement to raise the age to buy certain rifles to 21

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Calls For Better Background Checks After Florida Shooting

RISHIKA DUGYALA, The Texas Tribune / Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune

Posted on February 20, 2018 · In his first public comments since the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting last week, Abbott called the status quo "unacceptable"

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Trump Tells Cornyn He’s Open To Tweaking Gun Background Check System

Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune

Posted on February 19, 2018 · President Donald Trump told U.S. Sen. John Cornyn on Friday that he backs efforts by Texas' senior senator to revamp the nation's background check system for purchasing firearms.

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White House Tries To Clarify Contradictions With FBI Over Staffer Abuse Scandal

Scott Horsley, NPR

Posted on February 13, 2018 · FBI Director Christopher Wray said the background check on former White House staff secretary Rob Porter was complete months before Porter was forced to resign over allegations of domestic violence

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GOP, Democratic Senators Back Bill To Bolster FBI Gun Checks

Associated Press

Posted on November 17, 2017 · The measure's prospects in the Senate are unclear despite Cornyn's backing, and it faces an uncertain future in the GOP-run House

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Transportation

City Responds To Uber’s Threats To Leave Houston

Gail Delaughter

Posted on April 28, 2016 · The rideshare company says background check requirements are making it hard for them to operate. But Mayor Sylvester Turner says the priority is public safety.

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Transportation

Uber Threatening To Leave Houston Over Regulations For New Drivers

Gail Delaughter

Posted on April 27, 2016 · The company says Houston's requirements are making it difficult to do business in the city.

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