S.2577 - Gun Show Background Check Act of 2008

A bill to establish background check procedures for gun shows. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to establish background check procedures for gun shows. as introduced.
  • Short: Gun Show Background Check Act of 2008 as introduced.

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11/23/08
Bill of the thing

The bill was introduced in the Senate and the number of the bill is S. 2577.The title of the bill is Gun Show Background Check Act of 2008.The commitee is the Committee on the Judiciary.The purpose of the bill is to establish background ...

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11/19/08
Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » Calling the Attack

I don’t think there can be much doubt that closing the “gun show loophole” will be the biggest anti-gun priority at the federal level. I’m not sure I’d expect them to try to go much further than H.R. 96/S. 2577 on the gun show fron

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10/29/08
If Obama wins, you lose legal gun rights. He only has to sign the ...

S.2577 Requires registration of every gun show visitor at the door-kills gun shows nationwide. If you don’t vote for John McCain and get involved in the GOP 96-hour get-out-the-vote effort, please don’t come whining to me, ...

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08/21/08
What Shows Up On A Background Check

OpenCongress - S.2577 Gun Show Background Check Act of 2008. S.2577 Gun Show Background Check Act of 2008 on OpenCongress ... Now your community will have an easy, up-to-date way to track the status of . ...

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08/05/08
Tell me again how US freedom survives four years of radical ...

S. 2577, following some dubious claims in the findings about the frequency of criminal use of firearms purchased at gun shows, goes on to require that a gun show promoter register every gun show with the US Attorney General according to ...

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03/05/08
The Gun Show ‘Loophole’

Senators Frank Lautenberg and Jack Reed introduced legislation [S. 2577] that would strengthen the Brady criminal background check system by closing the gun show loophole. The Brady Law requires criminal background checks of gun buyers ...

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02/25/08
Snowflakes in Hell » Gun Show Loophole Bill in Senate

And I for one don’t want to put back into power those people… Kurt "45superman" Hofmann says:. February 1st, 2008 at 7:40 pm. Finally found the bill number–S. 2557. Still no text, of course. Oops–I meant S. 2577. The link was

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02/14/08
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - H.R.5434 Protecting Americans from ...

H.R.2640 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 [3]; H.R.5266 National Crime Gun Identification Act [3]; H.R.1784 Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act [3]; S.2577 Gun Show Background Check Act of 2008 [3]; H.R.6257 Assault Weapons Ban ...

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02/10/08
So why hasn't McCain signed on?

Looking at S. 2577, Lautenberg's latest attempt to close the mythical "gun show loophole," I notice that John McCain isn't one of the eleven co-sponsors (up from ten the last time I talked about it--Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)has signed on) .

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02/10/08
That's a good question

Looking at S. 2577, Lautenberg's latest attempt to close the mythical "gun show loophole," I notice that John McCain isn't one of the eleven co-sponsors (up from ten the last time I talked about it--Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)has signed on) .

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02/09/08
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - S.2619 Protecting Americans from ...

H.R.5266 National Crime Gun Identification Act [3]; S.2605 S.2605 [3]; H.R.5434 Protecting Americans from Violent Crime A... [3]; S.2577 Gun Show Background Check Act of 2008 [3]; H.R.1784 Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act [2] ...

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02/05/08
Crunch Time May be Coming for Right to Arms for Personal Self ...

He said also that congressional gun grabbers, such as a group of die-hard anti-gun Senators who recently introduced a bill, S. 2577, to undermine if not eliminate thousands of gun shows annually in the United States, “very well may be ...

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02/05/08
Crunch Time May Be Coming

"He said also that congressional gun grabbers, such as a group of die-hard anti-gun Senators who recently introduced a bill, S. 2577, to undermine if not eliminate thousands of gun shows annually in the United States, 'very well may be ...

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01/30/08
WashingtonWatch.com - S. 2577, The Gun Show Background Check Act ...

US Congress: S. 2577, The Gun Show Background Check Act of 2008.

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01/30/08
Gun Law News - Senate Bill 2577 - A bill to establish background ...

The text for S.2577 is yet to be posted. The cosponsors includes the usual cast of suspects:. Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]. Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]. Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]. Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-MA]. Sen. John Kerry [D-MA] ...

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01/30/08
Armed and Safe: 'Gun show loophole' closure goes nationwide

Senator Lautenberg's bill (haven't yet found a bill number for it [UPDATE: it's S. 2577]), though, appears to be a more serious effort. Although just introduced yesterday, it already has (in addition to Lautenberg and Reed) nine ...

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01/30/08
Senate Bill 2577 - A bill to establish background check procedures ...

The text for S.2577 is yet to be posted. The cosponsors includes the usual cast of suspects:. Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]. Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]. Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]. Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-MA]. Sen. John Kerry [D-MA] ...

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01/30/08
Found the bill number

This morning, when I wrote about Sen. Lautenberg's "gun show loophole" closure bill, I couldn't find the bill number. I finally tracked it down--S. 2577. Still no text, of course.

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01/28/08
Bill Action: Introduced: S. 2577: A bill to establish background ...

Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ] introduced this bill. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]

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01/28/08
S. 2577, A bill to establish background check procedures for gun shows

S. 2577 would establish background check procedures for gun shows.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.

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