11. Unlicensed merchants at gun shows can sell firearms without conducting background checks. 12. Under federal law, if a state or federal government cannot complete a background check in three business days, gun dealers must sell a firearm to the customer. 13. While dealers must wade through red tape to sell a firearm, they can purchase guns at will. 14. Businesses selling firearms in New York would also have to post notices regarding the use of trigger locks and safe storage of weapons. 15. Clinton outlined the need child safety locks, licensing for gun owners and closure to a loophole that allows firearms to be sold at gun shows without background checks. 16. For some time, the Troy, Mich.-based company has been under pressure from gun-control advocates to stop selling firearms. 17. He said the transfers went against a federal policy that states surplus firearms may be sold only for scrap. 18. Max Meral licenses if they sell firearms. 19. Sales at gun shows currently do not require such checks, however, unless the firearms are sold by a federally licensed dealer. 20. The bill would also require any person or firm that sells firearms to provide at the time of sale a trigger locking device. |