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Increase penalties for straw purchases of guns.
Mr. Grassley supported school safety measures and tougher penalties for straw purchases but opposed the assault weapon ban and the expanded background checks.
What's left of the bill is important — notably universal background checks and a measure to enhance criminal penalties for "straw purchases".
On the plus side, the Judiciary Committee approved a modest bill raising the penalties for "straw purchasers" — people who buy guns in order to give them to someone barred from making the purchase, like convicted felons or Mexican drug runners.
It will likely include increased penalties for straw purchasers — that is, people who buy guns for those who are not supposed to have them — and new money for school safety.
The organization's petition specifically requests legislation that: Require a criminal background check for every gun sold in America Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines Make gun trafficking a federal crime, including real penalties for "straw purchasers".
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Mr. Pratt's group also opposes penalties for so-called straw purchases, or sales made to people who intend to sell or give the weapon to a person who cannot pass a background check.
After the Senate returns from its recess next week, it will consider a bill that would expand background checks and increase penalties for so-called straw purchases, in which someone buys a gun for another person who is unable to buy one.
It would be the first amendment to the bill, which also has provisions to create harsher penalties for the so-called straw purchasing of guns, in which people buy firearms for those who are not eligible.
This amendment would replace the background check provision of the original legislation, which would also create harsher penalties for the so-called straw purchasing of guns, in which people buy guns for others who are not able to legally.
This amendment was set to replace the background check provision of the original legislation, which would also create harsher penalties for the so-called straw purchasing of guns, in which people buy guns for others who are not able to do so legally.
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