In 2016 , one month after the Orlando nightclub shooting , Grassley proposed legislation to expand state-to-state access to background check data and to make it illegal for government officials to sell criminals guns as part of sting operations . Both proposals were rejected by the Senate . Additionally , he voted against the Democrat 's Feinstein Amendment , which would make it illegal to sell guns to individuals on the terror watchlist and a Republican-sponsored bill that expanded funding for background checks
Orlando nightclub shooting
Orlando nightclub shooting
Chuck Grassley