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Bill Targeting Gun Show Background Checks Passes Utah House

Mar 02, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill targeting a new Salt Lake County rule to require gun show vendors in county facilities to run background checks on customers has passed the Utah House of Representatives.

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AG Ford Warns Rural Sheriffs On Enforcement Of New Gun Laws

Dec 06, 2019

State attorney general Aaron Ford has been on the job less than a year.

But he hit the ground running.

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Beto O'Rourke Draws Parallels Between Las Vegas And His Native El Paso

Oct 11, 2019

Beto O’Rourke’s run for the presidency had largely remained in the shadows of higher-polling candidates like Elizabeth W

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4 Nevada Counties Join 'Second Amendment Sanctuary' Drive

Mar 22, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four rural Nevada counties are balking at a new state law calling for strict background checks, with elected lawmakers voting to join a "Second Amendment sanctuary" drive affecting sheriff's offices and statehouses in several Western U.S.
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Bloomberg Praises New Gun Law In Nevada, Mum On 2020 Run

Feb 27, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he hasn't made a decision yet about running for president and instead used a visit to the early presidential nominating state of Nevada to celebrate the state's recent passage of a gun background check law.

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Senate Committee Passes Background Check Bill

Feb 13, 2019

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada Senate committee has passed a bill that would require background checks on gun sales and private transfers.

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Las Vegas Massacre Survivors Speak Out On Nevada Gun Bill

Feb 12, 2019
CARSON CITY (AP) — Survivors of a 2017 mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival spoke Tuesday in support of a Nevada bill expanding gun background checks to private gun sales and transfers.
 
The attack killed 58 people and left hundreds injured, becoming
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Nevada Governor To Testify On Gun Sale Background Check Bill

Feb 12, 2019
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov.
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Sen. Cortez Masto Co-Sponsors Bill To Expand Background Checks For Gun Sales

Jan 08, 2019

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto joined 40 other senators in reintroducing a bill to expand federal background checks on all gun sales.

Under current law, unlicensed or private sellers are not required to conduct a background check prior to transferring a firearm.

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Nevada judge: State can't enforce 2016 gun screening measure

Aug 21, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge says a gun buyer screening initiative that Nevada voters approved in November 2016 was fatally flawed and can't be enforced.
 
Judge Joe Hardy Jr.
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Nevada Judge Mulls Arguments With Gun Buyer Law In Limbo

Jun 06, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — State attorney general's office lawyers told a judge in Las Vegas that it's not up to courts to tell the governor to enact a flawed gun buyer screening initiative that voters approved nearly 18 months ago.

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Governor, AG Call Nevada Gun Background Checks Law Defective

Jan 08, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and state Attorney General Adam Laxalt are telling a judge that a strict gun background-check ballot measure that voters passed in November 2016 was defective as written and can't be enforced.

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Nevada Governor, AG Call Gun Background Checks Law Defective

Jan 06, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and state Attorney General Adam Laxalt are telling a judge that a strict gun background-check ballot measure that voters passed in November 2016 was defective as written and can't be enforced.

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Clark County DA Urges State To Move Forward With Background Checks

Nov 30, 2017

Clark County’s District Attorney is urging state officials to move forward on a background check measure on firearms that was approved by voters last year.

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Nevada Gun Background Check Expansion Hits Roadblock

Dec 28, 2016

Nevada won't be able to implement a ballot measure that narrowly passed a statewide vote and calls for background checks on more gun sales and transfers because neither the state nor the FBI will do the checks, the state's top prosecutor said Wednesday.

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Clark County DA Wolfson Scores Win With Gun Sales Restrictions

Nov 22, 2016

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson is still two years from the end of his term but he notched a victory in the Nov. 8 election.

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Nevada Passes All 4 State Ballot Questions

Nov 09, 2016

Nevada voters faced four questions on their ballots this Election Day, and all of them passed.

Question 1, which requires background checks for gun sales in the state, passed with a little more than half the vote.

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Battle Over Background Checks In Nevada Heads Toward November 8th

Oct 10, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Both sides in a battle over a ballot measure to tighten gun background checks in Nevada say that too many criminals have weapons.

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Nevada Attorney General Opposing Background Check Measure

Aug 18, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada state Attorney General Adam Laxalt says he's opposing a background check initiative supported by gun control advocates on the November ballot.

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NRA Office Will Target Nevada Gun Background Check Measure

Aug 08, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The National Rifle Association is stepping up its fight against a Nevada ballot question that would create a universal background check for gun purchases in the state.

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NRA Lobbying Arm Fights Nevada Gun Background Check Measure

May 16, 2016

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The National Rifle Association is using its muscle to fight a Nevada ballot question that would create a universal background check for gun purchases in the state.

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DA In Las Vegas Backs Nevada Gun Background Check Initiative

Apr 27, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The top prosecutor in Las Vegas says he's backing a ballot measure to require criminal background checks on all weapon sales in Nevada, including online and at gun shows.

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New Report Details Ease Of Nevada Online Gun Sales

Mar 01, 2016

Half of the people incarcerated in Nevada’s prisons got their guns illegally.

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NRA Opposes Nevada's Background Check Initiative

Feb 22, 2016

The National Rifle Association is lobbying against a measure in Nevada that would expand background checks for potential gun owners.

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Nevada's Gun Background Check Initiative On November Ballot

Feb 10, 2016

Gun control advocates in Nevada have put background checks on the November ballot.

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