President to set out method on Tuesday that will prevent firearms from being sold at gun shows and on the internet without having to move through essential checksThousands of unlicensed gun shows and online dealers will be forced to conduct customer background checks for the first time in a fresh effort by Barack Obama to tackle America’s epidemic of deadly shootings.
In measures aimed at circumventing political deadlock in Congress that will inevitably set off a fierce battle in the courts,the president is due to close a loophole in the current system as well as call for greater spending on enforcement and unusual technology that could prevent unauthorised gun exercise.
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Source: theguardian.com