Nevada voters approved a new gun control law – so why was it not enforced?

A criminal background check for private sales was blocked days before it was due to go into effect – which shows the difficulties of passing stricter gun lawsLas Vegas shooting – latest updatesLast November, Nevada voters narrowly approved a new gun control law that would have required private sellers to conduct the same criminal background check on buyers that licensed gun dealers already use. Closing the loophole was one of the lone bright spots for gun control advocates in an election that put the National Rifle Association’s chosen candidate, Donald Trump, in the White House.But Nevada’s new gun law has never been enforced. Days before it was slated to go into effect, the state’s Republican attorney general released a legal opinion concluding that citizens were “excused from compliance”, calling the new law unenforceable. Continue reading…

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