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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere's one happy guy in DC, anyway...
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There's one happy guy in DC, anyway... (Original Post)
madamesilverspurs
Apr 2013
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Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)1. I'm reposting this from another thread...
http://judiciary.house.gov/legacy/lapierre.htm
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We think it 's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone. That means closing the Hinckley loophole so the records of those adjudicated mental ill are in the system.
This isn 't new, or a change of position, or a concession. I've been on record on this point consistently, from our national meeting in Denver, to paid national ads and position papers, to news interviews and press appearances. But I 've repeatedly emphasized that this Administration must stop illegally keeping records of lawful gun buyers.
In fact, it 's the media 's well-kept secret that the NRA was an early architect and supporter of the National Instant Check System now in place. Congressman McCollum knows we worked with him on instant checks more than a decade ago.
We think it 's reasonable to provide for instant checks at gun shows just like at gun stores and pawn shops. But what 's unreasonable is how the proposed Lautenberg legislation ignores the 250,000 prohibited people like felons who 've walked away from gun stores --instead of being prosecuted for a federal felony for trying to buy a gun.
(snip)
We think it 's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone. That means closing the Hinckley loophole so the records of those adjudicated mental ill are in the system.
This isn 't new, or a change of position, or a concession. I've been on record on this point consistently, from our national meeting in Denver, to paid national ads and position papers, to news interviews and press appearances. But I 've repeatedly emphasized that this Administration must stop illegally keeping records of lawful gun buyers.
In fact, it 's the media 's well-kept secret that the NRA was an early architect and supporter of the National Instant Check System now in place. Congressman McCollum knows we worked with him on instant checks more than a decade ago.
We think it 's reasonable to provide for instant checks at gun shows just like at gun stores and pawn shops. But what 's unreasonable is how the proposed Lautenberg legislation ignores the 250,000 prohibited people like felons who 've walked away from gun stores --instead of being prosecuted for a federal felony for trying to buy a gun.
madokie
(51,076 posts)2. All he needs is the 'stash
babylonsister
(171,090 posts)3. Whoa. Harsh but true. Rec'd. nt
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)4. La Pissant is a pathetic piece of shit.