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9/23/2013 2:16:26 PM
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NRA President calls for better gun background check system
So I was actually quite surprised reading this, but it turns out that the president of the NRA [i]does[/i] want background checks to take mental illness into account.
[quote]"The outrage ought to be placed on an unprotected naval base, on a criminal justice system ... that doesn't even enforce the federal gun laws when we could dramatically cut violence, on a mental health system that is completely broken, on a check system that is a complete joke in terms of stopping the bad guys.
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So why didn't I hear about this on liberal news sites? You'd think they'd want people to know that the NRA is willing to pass some gun laws...
(to be clear, MSNBC did have an article on it, but they focused on the part where he says that armed guards should have been at the base, since it's a government facility)
Thoughts?
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1 ReplyEdited by M37h3w3: 9/23/2013 6:02:11 PMIt's funny because arguably, the NRA has been fighting measures to better the background check system. I keep bringing up the fact that after the Assassination attempt on Regan, the Brady Hand Gun Bill was introduced and largely passed into law. The problem is that there was a specific part of it that required states to submit felony and mental health records to the background check system. The NRA lobbied against that and it was subsequently thrown out by the Supreme Court. The ATF hasn't had a permanent department head since 2006 thanks to the NRA and allies. The Tiahart Ammendment does not let the ATF require inventory checks to detect lost or stolen guns, they can't use the trace data to find and shut down shady gun dealers.
