Finally, he will urge Congress to resist the gun lobby by passing the motion Representative Lofgren will offer today calling on juvenile justice conferees to meet in the next two weeks, and by moving on gun safety legislation that has been stalled for over eight months. Today s report confirms that the NICS is a powerful tool to help law enforcement and federally-licensed gun dealers keep guns out of the wrong hands. Through NICS, the FBI and its state and local law enforcement partners perform instant searches of over 35 million records to help prevent the sale of guns to prohibited buyers. To date, the Brady Law has stopped more than 500,000 felons, fugitives, and other prohibited persons from purchasing firearms. Vast majority of sales blocked to felons and other criminals.
NICS checks help law enforcement apprehend fugitives.
Cutting time for law enforcement checks means more criminals get guns. For over eight months, the Republican leadership has refused to allow the House and Senate conferees to meet and have a substantive debate on the common sense gun measures in the pending juvenile crime bill. Joined by a bipartisan group of House members, the President will urge Congress to pass Representative Lofgren s motion today calling on conferees to meet in the next two weeks.