Obama acts to strengthen gun background check system

By way of Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, moving abruptly after the Senate rejected a measure to extend background tests for gun consumers, acted on Friday to patch holes within the present database dealers use to verify they are not selling weapons to criminals or the mentally sick. The Well being and Human Services Department will issue a proper notion on Friday to verify one in all its privateness laws does not stop states from reporting information to the heritage check system. …