Miami Herald (DWS Op-Ed): We want gun dealers to conduct instant background checks before selling ammunition

By Richard Blumenthal and Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Nearly anywhere in America, a felon with a violent criminal history can walk into a gun store and walk out minutes later – no questions asked – with hundreds of rounds of ammunition for an assault weapon.

We already have laws on the books designed to prevent such sales, but the disturbing truth is that we do not require enforcement.

Under current federal law, people who are prohibited from purchasing firearms – such as violent felons, domestic abusers and those adjudicated as severely mentally ill – are also prohibited from purchasing ammunition. However, unlike firearms, federal law does not currently require a background check for the sale of ammunition.

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