Trump is very wrong in his assessment of these bills. They need to be signed into law and they are popular with gun owners. The veto should be viewed as adverse to gun ownership and safety for the American people. A majority of gun owners want better background checks.
The second bill is to extend the period of time given to gun shops to clear a person for ownership. That is a very good idea since Dillon Roof would not have been able to own his guns if he needed to wait a day or two longer for his background check.
There are very big consequences affiliated with the planned vetos of current bills passed with bipartisan votes. Those consequences need to be told to the American people. Vetos are serious issues and to use them for cronies and political votes is simply wrong when Americans are heavily impacted. Vetos impact the advocates and their campaigns to pass laws to help Americans. It simply wrong and proves the president is out of touch with the majority of Americans.
February 26, 2019
Washington — President Donald Trump (click here) is threatening to veto two Democratic bills expanding federal background checks on gun purchases, saying they do not sufficiently protect gun owners’ Second Amendment rights.
The House is expected to vote this week on separate bills requiring background checks for all sales and transfers of firearms and extending the background-check review from three to 10 days.
The bills are the first in a series of steps planned by majority House Democrats to tighten gun laws after eight years of Republican control.
The White House said in a veto message that the bill expanding background checks would impose unreasonable requirements on gun owners. It said the bill could block someone from borrowing a firearm for self-defense or allowing a neighbor to take care of a gun while traveling....
