Families of gun violence came to thank Senator McCain for his support of Background Checks and asked for an audience with he and Senator Flake over the potential
August 16, 2013 8:12 pm
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, (click here) D-St. Helena, had no trouble dispatching clay targets with a shotgun in a shooting range east of Napa Friday afternoon as he engaged a local gun dealer in a friendly skeet shooting competition.
But Thompson acknowledged that getting a bill through Congress to expand background checks for firearm purchases nationwide has been more troublesome.
Thompson has a bill in the House of Representatives with U.S. Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., that would extend the background check system to all commercial firearm sales in the U.S. That includes firearm sales at gun shows, online and in classified ads.
His bill has yet to come to the House floor for a vote. Thompson and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., spoke Friday at the Napa Police Shooting Range on why the bill should get a vote....
August 16, 2013 8:12 pm
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, (click here) D-St. Helena, had no trouble dispatching clay targets with a shotgun in a shooting range east of Napa Friday afternoon as he engaged a local gun dealer in a friendly skeet shooting competition.
But Thompson acknowledged that getting a bill through Congress to expand background checks for firearm purchases nationwide has been more troublesome.
Thompson has a bill in the House of Representatives with U.S. Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., that would extend the background check system to all commercial firearm sales in the U.S. That includes firearm sales at gun shows, online and in classified ads.
His bill has yet to come to the House floor for a vote. Thompson and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., spoke Friday at the Napa Police Shooting Range on why the bill should get a vote....