[Las Vegas Ron]

This was a standard add on to all Democrat bills when the were in charge before 1994.

Then why the executive order for this bill?

[org.whodat]

Then why the executive order for this bill?

Counters prior executive order.

[ought-six]

“Unless you have the information the police had, you may not ever know if the guns in question had been in the house.”

That’s a good question, given that the Dims control both houses of Congress; but there are Dim congresscritters from right-to-work states that would oppose it. The only way for this to get through would be via EO (but it will likely be shot down by the courts).