Democrats reject push to alert ICE when illegal immigrants fail NICS

Democrats this week approved legislation to require background checks for essentially all sales and transfers of firearms -- but rejected GOP-led efforts to amend the legislation to alert law enforcement authorities when gun buyers, including illegal immigrants, fail those background checks.


The House Judiciary Committee voted in favor of the bill 23-15, in a strict party-line vote, sending it to the House floor. If approved by the full House, the bill would be the most significant gun-control legislation approved by either chamber of Congress in at least a decade -- although it stands little chance of passage in the Senate, where Republicans command a slim majority.

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Inigoes said:

Democrats reject push to alert ICE when illegal immigrants fail firearm background checks



https://www.foxnews.com/politics/de...gal-immigrants-fail-firearm-background-checks

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However, earlier this month, gun violence experts from the Center for Gun Policy and Research and the Violence Prevention Research Program conducted a study in Washington state, Colorado and Delaware to analyze whether state laws requiring more background checks actually resulted in more checks.
The results, published in medical journal Injury Prevention, suggest the laws had little impact.
Delaware was the only state that saw apparent results, with an increase ranging from 22 to 34 percent based on the type of firearm. But according to the study, "no overall changes were observed in Washington and Colorado."

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rseymorejr said:

So, they want a law that will prevent "the wrong people" from getting their hands on guns and the one section of the law that would actually address those people is shot down by them?

Makes sense?!?!?!

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buellsfurn said:

I've been doing this since 11:56 am OP post

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ironpony said:

Can an illegal pass a nics? Arent FBI and ICE under the same DOJ? Is FBI data hidden from ICE.

Wasn’t there a lack of communication of data among federal agencies in 9/11 that may have prevented some things and still a lacking ....

I have no idea what I’m talking about.

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smkranz said:

But then this happened.

Triggering the blowup was Wednesday's votes on a bill to expand federal background checks for gun purchases. Twenty-six moderate Democrats joined Republicans in amending the legislation, adding a provision requiring that ICE be notified if an undocumented immigrant seeks to purchase a gun.

That infuriated liberals who have railed against ICE's role in conducting mass deportations and embarrassed Democratic leaders who couldn't keep their members in line on a high-profile bill.​

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smkranz said:

But then this happened.

Triggering the blowup was Wednesday's votes on a bill to expand federal background checks for gun purchases. Twenty-six moderate Democrats joined Republicans in amending the legislation, adding a provision requiring that ICE be notified if an undocumented immigrant seeks to purchase a gun.

That infuriated liberals who have railed against ICE's role in conducting mass deportations and embarrassed Democratic leaders who couldn't keep their members in line on a high-profile bill.​

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Mightydog said:

Thereby causing the TRUE leader of the Dimocrats to state “if you don’t vote the way we want you to I’m gonna put your name on a list and then we’re gonna primary you outta here”. Notice how Pelosi commented the same a few days later.

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ironpony said:

Can an illegal pass a nics? Arent FBI and ICE under the same DOJ? Is FBI data hidden from ICE.

Wasn’t there a lack of communication of data among federal agencies in 9/11 that may have prevented some things and still a lacking ....

I have no idea what I’m talking about.

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teratos said:

Insanity.

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