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House votes to scrap Obama rule on background checks for gun ownership House votes to scrap Obama rule on background checks for gun ownership
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The Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to scrap an Obama administration rule requiring background checks for gun ownership. The Republican-controlled House has voted to peel back an Obama administration rule that requires background checks for gun ownership.
In an apparent effort to improve gun ownership under President Trump, lawmakers moved to peel back the background checks for Social Security recipients mentally incapable of managing their own affairs, the Associated Press. In an apparent effort to improve gun ownership under President Trump, lawmakers voted Thursday to remove background checks for Social Security recipients mentally incapable of managing their own affairs, the Associated Press reports.
This story is developing. Check back for updates. President Obama issued the regulations in his final months in the Oval Office. The checks required the Social Security Administration to relay names of individuals into a database of citizens who are ineligible to purchase a firearm.