Florida Closed Gun Show Loophole in 1998

Misfire: How Florida failed to close gun-show loophole | Miami Herald

In November 1998, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state Constitution that allowed counties to mandate background ...

Florida Closed Gun Show Loophole in 1998, But Law Is Not Enforced

In 1998, Florida voters overwhelmingly amended the state Constitution that allowed counties to require background checks for private gun ...

Gun show loophole - Wikipedia

The gun show loophole is the absence of laws mandating background checks for certain sales of firearms in the United States. The term gun show loophole is ...

CLINTON DIRECTIVE TARGETS GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE

Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative last week to let counties require background checks or impose five-day waiting ...

Closing the Deadly Loophole in Current Firearms Laws

Because of this loophole,gun shows, where firearms are routinely sold without a criminal history records check, are thriving in Florida. Indeed, ...

County commissioners move forward with gun show loophole law

County commissioners voted to move forward with an ordinance to close the gun show loophole ... Local governments in Florida have little ...

Five-day waiting period for gun sales in FL wasn't enforced

Last year, activists complained to county leaders that Miami-Dade police weren't enforcing a local law designed to close Florida's “gun-show ...

Background Checks and Florida | Everytown

And yet Florida has not closed the unlicensed sale loophole, meaning that people prohibited from owning guns can take advantage of a thriving ...

Gun show "loophole' an attack on legal ownership - Tampa Bay Times

The so-called loophole is simply not county business in any event. One of the clear goals of Florida's original 1988 gun reform law was for the ...

Pasco officials move toward closing 'gun show loophole'

NEW PORT RICHEY — A divided Pasco County Commission voted Tuesday to move forward with a proposal to require a three-day waiting period and ...

Florida revamps lawsuit challenging federal "gun show loophole ...

Lawyers for the state raised the gun-show issue because they said the rule is reducing tax revenue from purchases of admission tickets.

Florida Senate will not take up bill aimed at closing the 'gun-show ...

The legislation, which several Republicans — including Galvano — supported, sought to close the “gun-show loophole” and require documentation be ...

Leon County Commission may close gun show loophole

In 2011, the Florida Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott approved a bill (HB 45) that preempted local government's ability to regulate firearms and ...

Colorado Panel Defeats Move to Close a Gun-Show Loophole

Only two states, Florida and Oregon, have had more success in trying to close the gun-show loophole. In 1998, Florida voters approved a ...

Florida among states suing to block Biden rule requiring background ...

Gun control advocates have long pushed for closing the so-called gun show loophole and have praised the new rule on background checks. “If ...

Closing the Gun Show Loophole - Violence Policy Center

In May 1999, the United States Senate passed legislation which would have effectively closed the loophole. A measure sponsored by then Senator Frank Lautenberg ...

Background Checks | NICS - NRA-ILA

There is no “gun show loophole.” Federal law is the same, regardless of where a firearm sale takes place. There is no “online sales” loophole. Federal law is ...

'Gun show loophole' about to close as Biden restricts gun purchase ...

(WTAJ) – Since 1994, federal law has required people buying a gun to undergo a background check. But many buyers have circumvented this step by ...

What is the 'gun show loophole'? Is it real, a myth, or an issue that's ...

The alleged gun show loophole is a provision in Federal Firearms Laws that allows for one citizen to sell a firearm to another citizen without ...

1999-02-06-radio-address-paper-on-closing-the-loophole-on-gun ...

In 1998, there were an estimated 4,442 gun shows. Most gun shows ... To close the gun-show loophole that. allows countless firearms to ...