Thousands of sellers across the country will be required to perform these checks on their customers at gun shows and other places where they sell their products outside of their stores. The rule seeks to close a loophole that has allowed tens of thousands of guns to be traded each year by unlicensed sellers who do not do background checks to ensure their customers are not legally prohibited from owning firearms.
It is a new attempt by the Biden Administration to combat gun violence, but also, a few months before the elections, it tries to demonstrate to voters - especially the youngest, for whom gun violence has a profound impact - that the The White House is trying to end this epidemic of death. “This will keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and criminals,” Biden said in a statement, “my Administration will continue to do everything we can to save lives,’ but “Congress must finish this work and pass legislation now.” “universal criminal background check.’ The rule, which implements the law change, will take effect 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register.