Letter asks Nevada leaders to iron out issues with gun background check law

Proponents of Nevada’s embattled law extending firearm background checks are asking state leaders to iron out the issues with the measure blocked from going into effect Sunday.

Elaine Wynn and Jan Jones Blackhurst co-authored letters to Gov. Brian Sandoval and Attorney General Adam Laxalt this week to demand the Republican leaders take action to implement the measure.

The background check initiative — narrowly approved on Election Day — was set to become law on New Year’s Day. But just before its enactment, Laxalt said the law could not start because the FBI refused to run background checks on private-party sales and transfers as the new law requires. All other gun background checks are run in-state.

Wynn and Jones Blackhurst, both prominent in the gaming industry, served as co-chairs on the Nevadans For Background Checks campaign’s local advisory board.

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