Kaine announces support for firearms legislation

Two pieces of legislation before the U.S. Congress deal with firearm safety and research and background checks.
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine announced his support for the bills on Thursday, which is National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
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Tim Kaine introduces bill to punish gun owners for failures in the background check system

In what is (hopefully) doomed to be an exercise in pointless, political posturing, Senator Tim Kaine (D – Virginia) has introduced yet another bill designed to discourage people from selling firearms to those legally entitled to purchase them. His bill, ironically named the “Responsible Transfer of Firearms Act,” seeks to make some things illegal which are already completely illegal and to criminalize the use of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) if the system (not the private owner) makes a mistake. Should such a bill find its way through Congress it would be disturbing to say the least.


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