Menendez, Booker, Colleagues Introduce the Background Check Completion Act to Close the Charleston Loophole
April 04, 2023
April 04, 2023
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined a group of 20 Senators in introducing the Background Check Completion Act. The legislation would close a current loophole that allows gun sales to proceed if a background check is not completed within a certain time period, even if the gun buyer is not legally allowed to purchase a gun. The gap in existing law has allowed thous . . .
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined a group of 20 Senators in introducing the Background Check Completion Act. The legislation would close a current loophole that allows gun sales to proceed if a background check is not completed within a certain time period, even if the gun buyer is not legally allowed to purchase a gun. The gap in existing law has allowed thous . . .