background check
Noun
Meaning
background check (plural background checks)
A report on an individual's personal history such as legal and criminal.
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Making improvements to our background check system and cracking down on illegal gun trafficking are common-sense ways to prevent violence without punishing law abiding gun owners. We owe it to the American people to take real action to reduce gun violence in our communities.
Most Americans think there's already universal background checks. They don't understand why there wouldn't be a background check to purchase a weapon.
There should be a background check every time a firearm is transferred. You shouldn't be able to go to a gun show and buy guns without a background check. There are Internet gun sales, classified ads in the newspapers - and you can buy guns without background checks.