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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrat co-sponsor of a failed bill to expand background checks to private gun sales, says it’s not going to come back up.

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U.S. Rep. David Cicilline announced three measures Tuesday to establish National ASK Day, expand background check data and close fire sale loopholes.

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Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling for a host of new measures from background checks to magazine bans in the wake of the attack on a church in South Carolina.

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U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, a Virginia Democrat, debuted a bill to require private gun sellers to verify transfers through an FFL before the sale of a firearm.

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On the heels of a mass shooting last week, Senators Pat Toomey, and Sen. Joe Manchin, ponder if the time might be right to renew old efforts at gun control.

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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin discussed a number of issues with the Associated Press during an interview about a possible governor bid that included guns.

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He said SB347 is "irresponsible and dangerous to the people of West Virginia" and that "Second Amendment rights will be infringed without this bill."

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Advocates both for and against a rebooted nationwide push, announced Wednesday to mandate background checks for virtually all gun transfers to include private sales, are promising a fight.

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A bill was introduced in the House on Wednesday which aims to close background check loopholes in the purchase of firearms in the country, officials said Wednesday.

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And to think, all this time I was believing that it was just the extreme left-leaning liberals who looked at guns and gun owners with disdain. I may have been wrong about that--but only just slightly

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Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday that the White House has "completed or made significant progress" on all of the president's 23 executive actions to reduce gun violence.

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Democratic leaders in the House and Senate promise to "finish the job" with respect to universal background checks. They're hoping to pass an expanded background check bill ASAP.

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