The President signed the National Instant Check System (NICS) Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. This is the first major piece of national legislation to be passed to reduce gun violence in more than a decade.
The passage of this bill was in response to the April 16th, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. The Virginia Tech killer was able to arm himself because the court order that should have blocked his gun purchase was not reported to the federal Brady background check system.
Last fall, family members and survivors of the Virginia Tech tragedy urged Congress to pass legislation that would help prevent people like the Virginia Tech killer from getting guns.
