Thursday, August 29, 2013

Obama changes rules to close two gun loopholes

A pink assault rifle hangs among others at an exhibit booth at the George R. Brown convention center, the site for the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual meeting in Houston, Texas By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced two changes to federal gun rules on Thursday to help keep weapons from criminals, but said it still wants to push Congress to pass new gun control measures in the wake of the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, last year. The Justice Department will write a regulation requiring background checks for people who register machine guns or short-barreled shotguns through a trust or corporation, closing one loophole on background checks. ...








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/obama-changes-rules-close-two-gun-loopholes-193346395.html

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