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SAHIL KAPUR 4:37 PM EDT, WEDNESDAY APRIL 17, 2013
The National Rifle Association's top lobbyist Chris Cox issued an approving statement immediately after the failure of Senate legislation to expand background checks to gun shows and Internet sales:
Today, the misguided Manchin-Toomey-Schumer proposal failed in the U.S. Senate. This amendment would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members to get federal government permission to exercise a fundamental right or face prosecution. As we have noted previously, expanding background checks, at gun shows or elsewhere, will not reduce violent crime or keep our kids safe in their schools.
The NRA will continue to work with Republicans and Democrats who are committed to protecting our children in schools, prosecuting violent criminals to the fullest extent of the law, and fixing our broken mental health system. We are grateful for the hard work and leadership of those Senators who chose to pursue meaningful solutions to our nations most pressing problems.
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)all or most buyers, why bother at all? I'd like to see someone introduce a bill to eliminate any checks whatsoever. You want your guns, you got 'em. Go crazy, build an arsenal.
Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)Even though these scumbags work night and day to make sure no one does.
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)It will get to the point where people who do not own guns will not feel safe outside their homes.
budkin
(6,699 posts)FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!