NBC News notes the Judiciary Committee concurred with the Republican majority in support of FOPA, then it passed on the Senate floor “by a lopsided 79-15.”
Biden voted for FOPA, which NBC News describes as a piece of legislation that “allowed dealers to sell rifles, shotguns and ammunition through the mail, and, eventually, the internet.”
They noted that FOPA also “limited federal inspections of firearms dealers while allowing them to sell guns at gun shows, which helped them grow in size and popularity. And it made it easier for private collectors to sell guns without obtaining a federal dealers’ license, which would play a role in what later became known as the ‘gun show loophole.'”
And prior to voting for voting for FOPA, Biden actually argued in defense of it.
Biden described Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as a “rational Republican” because of his willingness to support gun control. https://t.co/FwH1Q8AwCY
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 31, 2022
