The Biden administration Thursday announced a new rule that requires thousands of gun vendors to register as federally licensed firearms dealers and then run background checks on customers in an attempt to close the so-called "gun show loophole," and the related "online sale loophole."
The White House said the rule is an implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which Congress passed in 2022, although it is likely to be challenged in court.
The Biden administration acknowledged that over the past two decades "there have been numerous failed efforts to close these loopholes and expand background checks," but through the Bipartisan Safer Communities act, "President Biden accomplished what many had tried for the past 20 years."
