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Article snippet: Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill pressed MORE (D-N.Y.) contend that the most effective prescription for reining in shooting deaths is to expand background checks prior to the sale of firearms. A pair of House-passed measures, they argued, would do just that. "Countless lives have been saved since the passage of background checks legislation," Pelosi said in a statement, referring to the screenings required of licensed gun dealers since 1994. "Tragically, efforts to irresponsibly circumvent the law have emerged, enabled by new technologies and techniques: sales made over the Internet, at gun shows and person-to-person. "These evasions must be swiftly and fully corrected." Pelosi and Schumer are pushing Senate Majority Leader Link to the full article to read more