Background Check Legislation Between Private Parties

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval has vetoed legislation that would have required background checks for gun sales between private parties. Despite a recent poll showing 86 percent of Nevada residents support background checks, Governor Sandoval said the bill would "constitute an erosion of Nevadans' Second Amendment rights under the United States Constitution, and may subject otherwise law-abiding citizens to criminal prosecution." State Senator Justin Jones, who sponsored the proposal, said he expected the veto, but pledged to try again in the 2015 Nevada Legislature. Brian Fadie, executive director of the group ProgressNow Nevada, said, "Clearly, Gov. Sandoval is going against the will of the people," and he accused the governor of "standing with extremists who are mostly filled with paranoid fears of the government taking away their guns." The veto angered progressive groups, who have been pushing for background check legislation, but they don't appear ready to give up on gun control.