Thompson Says Expanded Gun Background Checks to Become Law
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Representative Mike Thompson predicted legislation to expand background checks for firearms purchases will pass both chambers of the U.S. Congress, and urged “responsible gun owners” to speak out in support.
Thompson, a California Democrat leading a U.S. House panel on gun violence, told reporters today at a Bloomberg Government breakfast that failure to pass such legislation in the next few weeks would ignore the will of a majority of Americans who support universal background checks.