House and Senate leaders cannot reach agreement over the gun show background check, even after a meeting last week at the White House.
Clinton wants to expand gun-show background checks to include a 72-hour waiting period for those gun buyers whose criminal or mental-health records aren't immediately available.
Colorado voted to make background checks for gun-show purchases mandatory after Columbine, when investigators learned that the weapons used by the teenage killers were bought by an 18-year-old at a gun show to avoid a background check.
Some brilliant prospects don't get hired, flaming out when background checks show they are difficult to work with.
Three guns used by the two underage killers were purchased by 18-year-old Robyn Anderson at a Colorado gun show to avoid a background check.
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Statistics from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) show about 1 percent of applicants who failed a background check over the past 14 years, or 10, 180 people, were turned down for reasons related to mental health.
The mayor's backers cite polls that show widespread support for expanded background checks and plan to use the issue to attack lawmakers who opposed them.
Six more states require background checks for gun-show sales of handguns, but not for rifles or shotguns, Nichols said.
Recent polling shows that more than 80 percent of Americans support extending federal background checks to include gun show sales and private purchases.
The whole ambience of the site reflects the TV show perfectly, with a dark blue background, cold silhouettes of the set and Anne.
Also improved is the amount of background info available for each show, and reminders for major events, premieres and finales -- similar upgrades are listed as coming soon for Android and its mobile website.
The aim is to freeze the runners, but at the same time blur the background with a streaky effect to show speed.
The unit can play music in the background while you watch an onscreen slide show.
Polls show more than 8 in 10 people back expanded background checks.
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He stays in the background and lets his football people run the show.
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Guns sold through private sales currently avoid background checks -- the so-called gun show loophole.
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Ten states and the District of Columbia have their own laws requiring background checks for any firearm sold at a gun show, Nichols said.
In addition to the limitations on military-style rifles, Morgan wants gun show loopholes closed and demands that gun dealers be required to run background checks on purchasers at shows.
It was a theme on full display in a speech by the shadow chancellor, Michael Portillo, who appealed to his party to show tolerance, respect and support for all people, whatever their background, race or sexual orientation.
In particular, give your child a solid academic background so that he or she can pursue other interests if show business or sports is no longer an option.
In a heated back and forth, the two debated whether it was truly harmful to force everyone who wants to purchase a gun -- whether at a gun store, a gun show, or in a private sale -- to go through a background check.
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New York authorities said last week they had reached a deal with 23 gun show operators in the state after an investigation revealed weapons were sold without proper background checks.
In May, as part of a bill aimed at curbing juvenile violence, the Senate passed measures mandating child safety locks on handguns and requiring background checks to be made on anyone who buys a weapon at a gun show.
The NRA disputes that characterization about the "gun show loophole" because federally licensed firearms dealers participate at gatherings and, of course, conduct background checks.
Watching the same show with Speech Enhancement made Dame Maggie Smith's character's words louder than the background music and other sound in a scene, so we didn't have to strain to hear.
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