Jack Reed: “I rise today to inform Senators of my intention to bring before the Senate at the earliest possible time an important…”

“I rise today to inform Senators of my intention to bring before the Senate at the earliest possible time an important piece of legislation that I introduced last April along with 21 of my colleagues. Our bipartisan bill, S. 767, the Gun Show Background Check Act of 2001, would apply the Brady law to all firearms sales at gun shows, thereby closing the loophole that allows criminals to buy firearms from private sellers at gun shows without a background check. This legislation is identical to the Lautenberg amendment passed by the Senate on a bipartisan vote in the 106th Congress. As long as gun violence continues to take the lives of 10 of our young people every day, and about 30,000 Americans every year, we must do everything we can to prevent convicted felons, domestic abusers, and other prohibited purchasers from gaining access to firearms.”