Biden cites broad agreement on ‘universal background checks’ for gun buyers [View all]

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Source: Washington Post

Vice President Biden said Thursday he sees an emerging consensus around “universal background checks” for all gun buyers and a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines as he completes the Obama administration’s broad study of ways to curb the nation’s gun violence.

Biden, who said he would present his working group’s policy recommendations to President Obama by Tuesday, suggested that universal background checks and a high-capacity magazine ban would be part of the administration’s agenda.

Biden made the remarks as he opened a meeting with hunters and sportsmen, one of a series Thursday that also includes a gathering with gun owners’ groups, notably the National Rifle Association. It was not immediately clear how those participants would react to such recommendations.

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“There is an emerging set of recommendations — not coming from me but coming from the groups we’ve met,” Biden said. “There is a surprising, so far, a surprising recurrence of suggestions that we have universal background checks. These recommendations were not only about “closing the gun show loophole,” he said, “but total universal background checks, including private sales.” He said the focus would be on how to “strengthen those background checks.”

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I'm a little confused by his wording, since the lack of universal background checks is literally what the "gun show loophole" is, but I'm liking the sound of this so far.