Congress's 'Baby Steps' on Guns
The omnibus spending bill includes the Fix NICS Act, more money for school safety, and a clarification on federal research. But the changes fall short of what gun-control advocates have demanded.
On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to march on Washington, D.C., and other major American cities to demand legislative action to combat gun violence and mass shootings.
By the time they do, Congress will have acted, but just barely: Lawmakers are about to take their first, small steps toward tightening enforcement of the nation’s gun laws and bolstering security at schools.
The , unveiled late Wednesday and moving rapidly through the House and Senate, includes legislation that uses a combination of incentives and punishments to prod federal agencies and the military to upload records into the background-check system for
