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In reply to the discussion: Police Chief Embarrasses Lindsey Graham At Gun Hearing [View all]pacalo
(24,721 posts)26. The link in the OP summarized it.
There are also people with hearing limitations who appreciate summaries accompanying the videos. Good point.
During a heated exchange at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about Sen. Dianne Feinsteins (D-CA) proposed assault weapons ban on Wednesday, Edward Flynn pointedly interrupted Grahams claims that the federal government is failing to deter individuals from misrepresenting themselves in the background check process by failing to prosecute people who were rejected from purchasing a weapon as a result of their false claims.
Flynn argued that rather than embark on a paper chase, law enforcement officials are focused on preventing people from purchasing guns illegally, eliciting loud applause from the audience:
GRAHAM: When almost 80,000 people fail a background check and 44 people are prosecuted, what kind of deterrent is that? I mean, the law obviously is not seeing that as important . We absolutely do nothing to enforce the laws on the books
FLYNN: Just for the record, from my point of view, the point of a background check
GRAHAM: How many cases have you made? How many cases have you made?
FLYNN: It doesnt matter, its a paper thing. I want to stop 76,000 people from getting guns illegally. Thats what a background check does. If you think were going to do paperwork prosecutions, youre wrong. [...] We dont make those cases. We have priorities. We make gun cases. We make 2,000 gun cases a year, senator, thats our priority. Were not in a paper chase. Were trying to prevent the wrong people from buying guns. Thats why we do background checks. If you think Im going to do a paper chase, then you think Im going to misuse my resources.
Flynn argued that rather than embark on a paper chase, law enforcement officials are focused on preventing people from purchasing guns illegally, eliciting loud applause from the audience:
GRAHAM: When almost 80,000 people fail a background check and 44 people are prosecuted, what kind of deterrent is that? I mean, the law obviously is not seeing that as important . We absolutely do nothing to enforce the laws on the books
FLYNN: Just for the record, from my point of view, the point of a background check
GRAHAM: How many cases have you made? How many cases have you made?
FLYNN: It doesnt matter, its a paper thing. I want to stop 76,000 people from getting guns illegally. Thats what a background check does. If you think were going to do paperwork prosecutions, youre wrong. [...] We dont make those cases. We have priorities. We make gun cases. We make 2,000 gun cases a year, senator, thats our priority. Were not in a paper chase. Were trying to prevent the wrong people from buying guns. Thats why we do background checks. If you think Im going to do a paper chase, then you think Im going to misuse my resources.
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Excellent point. You would have thought the idiot would have gotten that. Proves they can
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#23
That's a really narrow technical argument. Total waste of resources to chase that.
BlueStreak
Feb 2013
#36
When you purchase a firearm from a dealer (FFL) you sign a form 4473 from the BATFE
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2013
#7
Does failing the background check prevent them from purchasing that gun they're applying to purchase
MNBrewer
Feb 2013
#18
So, what do you think federal agents do when they catch people trying to buy
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2013
#24
Where on the form does it say that if you fill out the form truthfully but are ineligible
MNBrewer
Feb 2013
#35
So is filling out the form truthfully, then failing the background check a felony in itself or not?
MNBrewer
Feb 2013
#43
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what Sen. Lindsey's objection to those 88thousand forms was
MNBrewer
Mar 2013
#54
Graham probably wants to see people thrown into a stockade over it, but
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#65
Frankly i'm annoyed with Graham because he seemed to think it was the police officer's call
MNBrewer
Mar 2013
#66
I wish people would summarize embedded video like Huffington Post does. I don't have time to
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2013
#21
This is one of those videos where the transcription isn't enough to describe what happened
pacalo
Feb 2013
#28
If that is true, the poster can put that point in the summary. Sell the video! . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2013
#30
There is a link up in the OP to the full article that goes with the video. n/t
Tx4obama
Feb 2013
#32