Shooting in Las Vegas

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On Guns, Nevada’s Leaders Are Overruling Their Voters

Residents of Nevada voted in November to require background checks for most private gun sales, closing a loophole in federal law. But nearly a year after the ballot measure passed, these checks aren’t being made because state officials have claimed, with little evidence, that there’s no way to carry out the policy.

After Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, vetoed legislation to tighten background checks in Nevada in 2013, public interest groups like Everytown for Gun Safety took the matter directly to the state’s voters in November through a ballot initiative known as Question 1. The N.R.A. spent millions of dollars to defeat the proposal; its “no” campaign had the support of the state’s attorney general, Adam Laxalt, and many sheriffs. Yet, a narrow majority of people voted for Question 1, which had the support of police unions, health groups and others.

It has become a maddening ritual to watch members of Congress offer thoughts and prayers after mass shootings without doing anything to prevent gun violence. When voters become so frustrated by federal and state lawmakers’ inaction that they take matters into their own hands, officials beholden to the gun lobby cannot be allowed to block them.

Guess what, Paul Ryan is one of the largest beneficiaries of the gun lobby. so don't expect any legislation to come up soon other than legalizing silencers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/o...ol-left-region