{"id":65447,"date":"2021-03-04T18:37:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=65447"},"modified":"2021-03-04T18:39:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:39:20","slug":"65447","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=65447","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

NSSF: \u2018Charleston Loophole\u2019 Gun Control Could Come Next Week<\/a><\/p>\n

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) warns that gun control targeting the so-called \u201cCharleston Loophole\u201d could be before Congress for a vote as early as next week.<\/p>\n

The NSSF told Breitbart News the bill, the Enhanced Background Check Act of 2021, is sponsored by House Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)<\/strong> and \u201ccould be on the floor as early as next week, bypassing House Judiciary altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bill Would Allow The Government To Shut Down Gun Sales Nationwide At Any Time<\/a><\/p>\n

This Bill Would Permit The FBI To Shutdown Gun Sales Anytime They Wish<\/big><\/p>\n

To understand how this would be possible you first have to understand the current system.\u00a0 When you go to buy a firearm, the law requires a background check.\u00a0\u00a0The check normally takes about 30 minutes, often less.\u00a0 In a tiny number of cases, more time is required.\u00a0\u00a0The law currently gives the FBI three days to get it done.\u00a0 If they cannot clear the buyer in three days, they can deny the sale.\u00a0 The buyer then can appeal.\u00a0 Most appeals are indeed successful.\u00a0\u00a0However, if the FBI doesn\u2019t give any answer in three days, the gun dealer MAY release the firearm to the buyer.\u00a0\u00a0Sadly, there have been cases where the FBI has screwed up, not given an answer, the dealer released the firearm, and the person was indeed prohibited.\u00a0 In one horrible case, the FBI screwed up and there was a mass shooting in a church.\u00a0 This has been called the \u201cCharleston Loophole\u201d by gun control groups.<\/p>\n

Why Is There A Three Day Limit?<\/big><\/p>\n

When the current background check bill was drafted, the NRA insisted on a time limit because without one, the president could simply order the FBI to stop processing background checks.\u00a0 Without a yes or no decision, the buyers could not appeal.\u00a0 Gun rights groups surely would appeal to the courts, but meanwhile\u00a0gun sales would stop nationwide.\u00a0 To eliminate this abuse of the background check system, both sides agreed on a three day limit.<\/p>\n

What This Bill Would Do<\/big><\/p>\n

This bill extends the time the FBI has to complete the background check and issue a decision to \u201cat least 10 business days\u201d.\u00a0 This sounds reasonable \u2013 and if it was indeed a simple expansion of the time allowed to 10 days this would be something we could have a reasonable discussion about.\u00a0 The problem is that the bill says \u201cat least 10 days\u201d not \u201cno more than 10 days\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0In fact, the FBI could simply take the position that they have an unlimited amount of time to complete the background checks.\u00a0 This would likely result in both long delays for the average person and the ability to simply stop processing checks \u2013 stopping all gun sales nationwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What Should Our Goal Be?<\/big><\/p>\n

I believe that our goal should be to change \u201cat least 10 days\u201d to \u201cno more than 10 days\u201d.\u00a0 This eliminates the major problem and\u00a0we can then oppose passage of the weakened bill in the Senate.\u00a0 Without the unlimited time provision, they may drop the entire bill and try again next year.
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\nWhat You Need To Do<\/big><\/p>\n

Please email your Representative \u2013 even if they are pro-gun control – in opposition to the\u00a0 Enhanced Background Check Act of 2021.\u00a0\u00a0Demand that, as a bare minimum, a firm limit of 10 days be set to complete background checks.\u00a0 Many pro-gun control Democrats may respond to this objection by setting such a time limit.\u00a0 Write your own message or copy and paste the message below.\u00a0 Your Representative\u2019s staff will be keeping track of the number of messages in opposition and generally what the concerns are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NSSF: \u2018Charleston Loophole\u2019 Gun Control Could Come Next Week The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) warns that gun control targeting the so-called \u201cCharleston Loophole\u201d could be before Congress for a vote as early as next week. The NSSF told Breitbart News the bill, the Enhanced Background Check Act of 2021, is sponsored by House Whip … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enemies-foreign-domestic","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65447"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65452,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65447\/revisions\/65452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}