Background checks already happen at federally-licensed dealers. Advocates for the change characterized private transfers before this change as a "loophole" in law that needed fixing.

MARTIN: And can the background check system handle this? I mean, there have been reports over the years that, you know, as we said earlier, gun purchases have surged in recent years.

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Commissioners’ president Julie Thomas advocated for the $20 background checks. “This is about doing everything we can to ensure the public their vote will count,” she said.

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But Missouri is one of 29 states that have no background check requirement for private sales. So, Mr. Harris found a weapon by browsing the online site Armslist.

The Justice Department's new rule requires background checks for all gun sales, not just ones sold at gun stores. Attorney General Merrick Garland said it will save lives.