Nevada governor vetoes universal background checks for gun purchases

[Tx4obama]

Nevada governor vetoes universal background checks for gun purchases

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval on Thursday vetoed Democratic-backed legislation that would have strengthened gun-control rules by requiring background checks on customers in all gun sales in the state, including private transactions.

The Republican governor said in a veto statement that the bill amounted to an erosion of Nevadans’ constitutional right to bear arms that would do “little to prevent criminals from unlawfully obtaining firearms.”

The bill, which narrowly passed in the state Senate in May and was approved by the Assembly in June, would have also required Nevada courts to send information about legal defendants who are found to be mentally ill to a national clearinghouse for all new gun purchases within five business days after the finding.

The veto came as Democratic lawmakers across the country pushed for stricter gun-control laws following mass shootings last year including the December massacre of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school.

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Full article here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/13/nevada-governor-vetoes-universal-background-checks-for-gun-purchases/

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. I am kind of amazed that the gun nuts have not lost their collective

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mind over the NSA issue. One of their red meat issues is a national gun registry and how, by God, they will never put up with one. Well surprise there Skeeter, the NSA has your data stored. If you bought it legally, they know all about it. Now, if it was bought out of some guys trunk in Nevada, probably not.

[Lasher]

2. I have a number of guns, all obtained legally.

I bought only one of them from a commercial dealer, and that was back in 1970. There's been no record of any of my other acquisitions, so the government has no way of knowing about them - at least in specific terms.