Nevada’s background check law in action

By Staff Reporter Feb 19, 2019 08:36 AM EST

CARSON CITY - With last week's passage and signing of a bill setting up background checks on private firearms sales, Nevada becomes the 21st state, along with the District of Columbia, to have such a law on its books.

The state actually has had the law since voters approved it in a 2016 initiative, but a fault in its implementation has blocked it from taking effect.