As lawmakers press ahead with bipartisan negotiations on gun legislation, advocates are urging them to include a provision that would increase the minimum purchase age for firearms, raising the age from 18 to 21.
But simply raising the purchasing age wouldn’t solve any problems, said Anderman, of Giffords. She argued that any effective legislative package would also need to mandate background checks to enforce age requirements in private sales.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., a member of the Judiciary Committee, told CNN on Tuesday he would “certainly” support introducing a waiting period for 18- to 21-year-olds who try to buy such rifles. The package would also prohibit bump stocks, straw purchases and “ghost guns,” in addition to strengthening criminal background checks and closing the so-called Charleston loophole, which allows the sale of firearms to proceed if background checks aren’t completed within three days.
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