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ME: Support background checks on 2016 ballot
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I am so pleased to learn Mainers will get the chance in November 2016 to vote up or down on a background check ballot initiative. This is an important, lifesaving effort to close deadly loopholes in our gun laws that make it easy for criminals, domestic abusers and other dangerous people to get guns.
While federal law requires criminal background checks for gun sales through licensed dealers, there is no such requirement for sales between unlicensed sellers online or at gun shows. This creates an easy way for criminals and other dangerous people — people who would fail a background check — to buy or trade guns. And, make no mistake, that’s exactly what they’re doing. |
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