House votes to extend wait time for gun background checks

By Susan Ferrechio

Published February 28, 2019 5:11pm ET

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House votes to extend wait time for gun background checks — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters just after the Democratic-controlled House approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun control legislation considered by Congress in nearly 25 years, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The House on Thursday passed a bill that would extend the time for conducting background checks for gun purchases.

The legislation passed 228-198 and would provide up to 20 days for background checks to be completed, up from the current three days. The measure was sponsored by Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., who authored the bill years ago following a mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston.

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