At the first hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill since 2011, politicians fell into well-worn party roles, but — as they have for much of the last year — young people brought new energy to the familiar debate.
A week before the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the House Judiciary Committee gathered Wednesday to discuss a universal gun background check bill, known as HR8, introduced by House Democrats.
HR8 would require background checks for every firearm sale, including at guns shows and online. This would update current law, which requires background checks only when purchasing a gun at licensed firearm dealers like gun shops.
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