Clyburn optimistic Congress can close 'Charleston loophole' on gun purchases

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"If the Senate were to get the bill to the floor, I think it'll pass," Clyburn said Saturday on MSNBC.

By BEN LEONARD

04/10/2021 11:31 AM EDT

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn thinks Congress can pass bipartisan legislation on stricter gun background checks rules and federal guidelines on “red flag” laws despite staunch Republican opposition, he said Saturday.

In March, the House passed a Clyburn-sponsored bill increasing the waiting time required for background checks from three business days to 10.

“Why is it so important to get a gun in three days? What's wrong with 10 days? We wait 30 days to get something in the mail when we order it online,” the South Carolina Democrat said in an interview on MSNBC Saturday morning. “I believe that there are more and more people coming to that conclusion. I think that we can get a bipartisan bill done. I do believe that if the Senate were to get the bill to the floor, I think it'll pass.”

Clyburn’s legislation aims to close the so-called “Charleston loophole,” which allows people with incomplete background checks to purchase guns after three days. Clyburn has pushed for the legislation after a gunman killed nine people at a Charleston, S.C., church in 2015.

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