Expand background checks for gun purchases.

expanding background checks

Frankel commits to expand background checks.

Gun Violence - Lois Frankel | Always on your Side. Always.
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Frankel said she was supporting measures that would 'require universal background checks and close loopholes that allow gun purchasers to avoid a background check altogether' and said she was co-sponsoring the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013.

Official campaign-style position statement showing Frankel publicly backed universal background checks and legislative action to expand them.

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Frankel Backs New Measures to Reduce Gun Violence
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The House roll call for H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, records 'Frankel, Lois' as voting 'Yea' on passage; the vote passed the House 227-203.

Frankel supported and helped advance a bill that would require a background check for every firearm sale, but the measure only passed the House and did not become law.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Roll Call 75
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The bill text states, 'To require a background check for every firearm sale' and shows it was 'Passed House' with 'Latest Action' in the Senate placing it on the calendar, not enacted.

The core universal-background-check bill Frankel supported advanced in the House but stopped in the Senate and was not enacted.

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H.R. 8 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
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The law adds 'Requirements relating to background checks for persons under age 21' and provides funding for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, but it does not establish universal background checks for all gun sales.

Congress did enact narrower background-check reforms, so the promise was partially advanced, but not fully fulfilled as universal background checks remained unenacted.

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Public Law 117-159, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
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Frankel said the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act 'will' require enhanced background checks for gun buyers under 21 and require all commercial gun sellers to register and conduct background checks, and she voted for the bill.

Frankel helped enact a narrower background-check expansion, which supports a partial-delivery finding rather than full fulfillment of a universal-background-check promise.

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Rep. Frankel Statement on Passage of Bipartisan Gun Violence Prevention Bill to Protect Our Children
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