{"id":106166,"date":"2019-02-14T11:26:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=106166"},"modified":"2019-02-14T11:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T19:29:50","slug":"nevada-senate-criminalize-private-transfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nevada-senate-criminalize-private-transfers\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Senate Passes Bill to Criminalize Private Transfers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_106174\" style=\"width: 1035px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STeveSisolak.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nevada-senate-criminalize-private-transfers\" title=\"Nevada Senate Passes Bill to Criminalize Private Transfers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106174\" title=\"Nevada Senate Passes Bill to Criminalize Private Transfers\" class=\"wp-image-106174 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STeveSisolak.jpg\" alt=\"Nevada Senate Passes Bill to Criminalize Private Transfers\" width=\"1025\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STeveSisolak.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STeveSisolak-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STeveSisolak-400x284.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STeveSisolak-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STeveSisolak-1024x727.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-106174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nevada&#8217;s Governor, Steve Sisolak, testified in favor of The Background Check Act. (<em>Photo: Facebook\/Steve Sisolak<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week the Nevada Senate passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/App\/NELIS\/REL\/80th2019\/Bill\/6174\/Text\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nevada-senate-criminalize-private-transfers\" title=\"Nevada Senate Passes Bill to Criminalize Private Transfers\">SB143<\/a> by a vote of 13 to 8.\u00a0 The bill, known as &#8220;The Background Check Act,&#8221; would require any unlicensed parties who wish to transfer ownership of a firearm to first both appear before a licensed firearm dealer so that a background check can be completed.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who does not comply with the act would face criminal charges.\u00a0 The first offense would be a misdemeanor and any second and subsequent offenses could be charged as felonies.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, if ultimately passed by the state Assembly, would apply to any transactions between unlicensed parties including transactions at gun shows.\u00a0 The bill would not require a background check for law enforcement transfers or transfers between immediate family members.\u00a0 The bill would not apply to antique firearms.<\/p>\n<p>After the Senate passed the bill, Nevada&#8217;s GOP Chairman, Michael McDonald, released a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The process behind this sweeping gun grab measure has been flawed from the start,&#8221;\u00a0 McDonald said.\u00a0 &#8220;Our party attempted to fix this broken piece of legislation . . . [but] Democrats find it more important to do it their way, and punish law abiding citizens, than to do it right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to coming before the Senate for a vote, public testimony was taken and the bill was debated in committee hearings.\u00a0 One woman, Jenny Heyman, testified in favor of the bill,\u00a0having lost her son to a man with a gun during a road rage incident.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/shane-coley-hold-glock\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nevada-senate-criminalize-private-transfers\" title=\"Nevada Senate Passes Bill to Criminalize Private Transfers\">Pro-Shooter Shane Coley: This Is How You Hold A Glock<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;And what is it going to do?\u00a0 We are not trying to take anything away.\u00a0 We are just trying to protect everybody.\u00a0 I mean, it is a step in the right direction as far as I am concerned.\u00a0 That&#8217;s how I feel,&#8221; said Heyman.<\/p>\n<p>Another resident, Donald Phillips, testified that the bill merely burdens law-abiding gun owners and will do nothing to stop criminals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The one percent failed background checks, they are not around.\u00a0 They are not prosecuted.\u00a0 Somebody trying to do the right thing getting crossed up in the legality of the law the legalese of the law and the next thing you know they are a convicted felon,&#8221; Phillips said.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor of Nevada, <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.nv.gov\/About\/Governor-Steve-Sisolak\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nevada-senate-criminalize-private-transfers\" title=\"Nevada Senate Passes Bill to Criminalize Private Transfers\">Steve Sisolak<\/a>, also testified at the hearings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we stand here today because for too long the will of the voters was ignored.\u00a0 That hopefully will change today,&#8221; Gov. Sisolak said.<\/p>\n<p>Voters previously passed a 2016 ballot initiative that sought to subject most private-party gun transactions to an FBI vetting process.\u00a0 However, the FBI declined to do the checks resulting in a court ruling that the measure was unenforceable as written.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have a supermajority in the Assembly.\u00a0 Most party members say they will vote in favor of the bill.\u00a0 If the bill is fast-tracked, it could land on Gov. Sisolak&#8217;s desk Thursday for his signature.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Valentine&#8217;s Day, marks the one-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting in which 17 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Florida high school.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;But we stand here today because for too long the will of the voters was ignored.\u00a0 That hopefully will change today,&#8221; Gov. 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