The bill ensures that anyone purchasing a gun at a gun show has to undergo a background check by a licensed dealer. Also, anyone who purchases a gun online through a commercial advertisement will also go through a background check for both interstate and intrastate sales.
As Nevada Senator Harry Reid said, “It is possible to uphold the Second Amendment while protecting innocent Americans from gun violence. The compromise background check proposal before the Senate – a measure crafted by Senators Toomey, Manchin, Kirk and Schumer – achieves both goals.”

Senator Manchin notes that the legislation does not impair anyone’s Second Amendment rights:

The bill will not, in any way, shape, or form infringe upon anyone’s Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms.
The bill will not take away anyone’s guns.
The bill will not ban any type of firearm.
The bill will not ban or restrict the use of any kind of bullet or any size clip or magazine.
The bill will not create a national registry; in fact, it explicitly prohibits it.

“Later tonight, I will start the process of bringing a bill to reduce gun violence to the Senate floor. This bill will include the provisions on background checks, school safety and gun trafficking reported by the Judiciary Committee. I hope negotiations will continue over the upcoming break to reach a bipartisan compromise on background checks, and I am hopeful that they will succeed. If a compromise is reached, I am open to including it in the base bill. But I want to be clear: in order to be effective, any bill that passes the Senate must include background checks.

“The bill I advance tonight will serve as the basis for opening debate. Once debate begins, I will ensure that a ban on assault weapons, limits to high-capacity magazines, and mental health provisions receive votes, along with other amendments. In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for all of these provisions to receive votes, and I will ensure that they do.”