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Enough Signatures For Gun Background Check Initiative, Supporters Say

Supporters of a ballot initiative to require background checks for private gun sales in Nevada say they have collected more than the 101,667 signatures required to have it put to a vote.  If enough signatures are verified, the measure will be presented to the Legislature. If legislators don’t pass the measure, it would go on the 2016 election ballot for voters to decide.

The initiative says a person cannot sell a gun to someone without a background check, including private sales made online and at gun shows.  The seller and buyer would provide their personal information to a licensed gun dealer, who would run it through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.  Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed a similar measure that passed in the 2013 Legislature. Republicans, who voted against the measure then, now have the majority in both houses of the state Legislature.
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Jay Bartos joined Nevada Public Radio in 1993 to develop and manage the state’s first radio reading service for people unable to use standard printed material due to blindness or another disability. After the reading service was discontinued in 2011, he became the afternoon host on KNPR for ten years. Jay can now be heard on air on News 88.9 KNPR and Classical 89.7 KCNV throughout the week.