After unsuccessfully running a bill during the 2019 legislative session that would require universal background checks for most gun sales in Utah, the Salt Lake City Democrat brought together a group of gun safety advocates Tuesday on Capitol Hill to announce his intention to run the legislation again in the upcoming session.
“I really believe this is not a question of if this kind of bill passes, it’s only a question of when,” he said. “And it’s only a question of how many lives we’re going to lose between now and then because we don’t have these kinds of laws.