House Introduction of Fix Gun Checks Act

[DeadManWalking]

From my friend at Snowflakes in Hell; http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2011/03/16/mccarthy-bill-introduced/

"Her press release is here. I’m going to assume her bill’s language will be similar to the Senate bill introduced by Schumer a few weeks ago. This bill is entirely unacceptable for the following reasons:

It threatens funding that help states put cops on the street. This is like a doctor prescribing amputation for a patient cut his leg and is bleeding.
It expands the class of prohibited persons to include who have not been formally adjudicated as mentally ill.
It expands the class of prohibited person to include people who have drug arrests, but not convictions, within the past five years. It also expands it to anyone who failed a drug test.
It ends private transfers entirely.
This is classic gun control packaged in wrapper of “common sense.” It does not respect the Second Amendment, as it allows rights to be removed without due process, and it, through a sneaky back door, attempts to end private sales. We’ll fight this bill."

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy : Recent News : Rep. McCarthy Remarks RE: House Introduction of Fix Gun Checks Act

 

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Fully 90% of my gun purchases in the last five years have been face-to-face private deals. Imagine what a damper this would put on our time-honored tradition of buying and selling amongst friends and acquaintances at deer camp, cookouts, gun forums, etc.

I hope the NRA will make it plain that support of this bill will wreck any Congress-critter's rating. That's the key. Hold their feet to the fire.