Can we just enforce existing laws instead of passing new ones?
In order to enforce existing laws, we must give police the tools they need to do so – and the criminal background check is one of the most effective tools we can give them to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. The current law barring sales to prohibited buyers such as convicted felons or fugitives from justice cannot be enforced effectively unless sellers are required to verify that their buyers are not in a prohibited category. If we want to better enforce existing laws, we need to do everything possible to prevent guns from falling into the hands of criminals – and that means conducting background checks on all sales at guns shows, the second largest source for crime guns.
