Universal background checks passes committee

[philip964]

One of my female liberal facebook friends posted this news (she was all excited naturally)

"A few hours ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8 to approve universal background checks for all gun purchases.

The next step is a vote before the full U.S. Senate, which could happen as early as next month.

But, amazingly, while background checks are supported by more than 90% of Americans, there's still work left to do to convince a majority of Senators.

I won't stop until we do." --Gabby Giffords

I have not seen it anywhere else.

[baldeagle]

According to PopVox, only S.54 has passed out of committee. That's the straw purchase bill. According to thomas.loc.gov, no bill with background check in it has left committee.

[fickman]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/12/politics/ ... homepage-t

A Senate committee approved legislation on Tuesday that would expand background checks covering all U.S. firearms sales, part of a federal gun-control push prompted by December's school massacre in Connecticut.

The Judiciary Committee decision by a party-line vote of 10-8 cleared the way for the Democratic-crafted background check measure to be debated and put to a vote in the full Senate.

[mr surveyor]

too danged many laws, and not enough attention span to give a flip

bury me.... soon

[KaiserB]

Govtrack is not updated yet but I believe it was this bill from reading the ABC News article http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/20 ... heck-bill/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s374/text" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;