Advertised private gun sales would require background checks under Toomey compromise

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After the Senate voted to move forward on the gun control bill yesterday, Sen. Pat Toomey R-Pa. finally released the relevant text of his background check compromise with Sen. Joe Manchin D-W.V.

It appears that private gun sales will require background checks – if the gun for sale is advertised online or in a publication.

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