Mark Takano: “If you go to a federally licensed gun dealer to buy a firearm, you must pass a background check. But if you go to a…”

“If you go to a federally licensed gun dealer to buy a firearm, you must pass a background check. But if you go to a private seller at a gun show or over the Internet, it is completely legal to buy a firearm with no background check to determine if you are fit to own a deadly weapon. In all the discussion we have had on gun violence, I have yet to hear one good reason why this loophole should continue to exist. Mr. Speaker, 92 percent of gun owners and 86 percent of Republican voters support universal background checks. But instead of listening to the American people, my Republican colleagues have left town. They have rushed out of town. They have scrambled out of town. I will say the same thing I told my students when I was a high school teacher: There can be no recess until our work is done. Come back to Washington, and let's pass a universal background check bill. ____________________”