House votes down gun sale restriction
US News • April 2008 • Views: 160
The proposal would have required that people wanting to sell or give guns to someone else would have to go to a licensed gun dealer and have a background check done. The provision was designed to crack down on private sales and transfers that are not subjected to background screenings.
The restriction — which came two votes short of approval — would have applied only to handguns. The vote was 58-58.