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Manchin says he's working with NRA on universal background check bill (Slippery Joe)
The Hill ^ | 01/24/13 01:23 PM ET | Justin Sink

Posted on 01/26/2013 4:16:02 PM PST by Red Steel

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To: driftdiver

“No more gun laws, period.”

We do need some legislation that would repeal some now in effect such as gun free zones. Some states are in dire need of repeal legislation such as New York and Illinois


41 posted on 01/26/2013 5:36:06 PM PST by duffee (NO poll tax, NO tax on firearms, ammunition or gun safes. NO gun free zones)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Correct..I understand what everybody else is saying and I agree. But if we are going to keep the real loons out there from trampling the second amendment we cant be seen as those who would be advocating for for the right to yell fire in a crowded theater in support of the first amendment...
42 posted on 01/26/2013 5:41:57 PM PST by montanajoe
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To: cweese

Every time Chris Cox says “background checks”, he puts “universal” in front of it. Perhaps the NRA would find less-than-universal background checks acceptable?


43 posted on 01/26/2013 5:43:00 PM PST by Corey Ohlis (Visualize Swirled Peas)
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To: Red Steel

It’s time for those states that still respect the U.S. Constitution to seriously consider secession.


44 posted on 01/26/2013 5:51:05 PM PST by 353FMG ( I refuse to specify whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I’ve heard background checks in Colorado are taking 8 days.

How reasonable is that?


45 posted on 01/26/2013 5:56:35 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: montanajoe

When they arrested the Hutaree militia here in Michigan, they all had to undergo psychological evaluations before they were released from jail. They were all eventually acquitted but I have a feeling that those evaluations could easily haunt them all if you got your way.


46 posted on 01/26/2013 5:58:44 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Hot Tabasco

BTW the vast majority of gun sales already require a background check and you know it.

How will restricting the private transfer be enforceable and how will it help reduce crime?

Will criminals who are already restricted get a background check?

Cmon you are endorsing more regulation and control, how will it help?


47 posted on 01/26/2013 5:59:02 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: montanajoe

You won’t even support your own argument. Why is that?


48 posted on 01/26/2013 6:01:11 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Red Steel; cweese

(Cweese, courtesy ping)

RedSteel, see this post:

To: bmwcyle

The NRA are NOT working with Joe Manchin. From a “Statement from Chris Cox” email I received from the NRA this afternoon :

“An article appearing on TheHill.com yesterday asserted that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) is working on a bill with the NRA that would implement universal background checks.

NRA does NOT support universal background checks and is not working with Manchin to implement this type of legislation. NRA opposes,and will continue to oppose,universal background checks and registration schemes.

We do believe that records of those who are prohibited by law from purchasing firearms (including those whose mental health history puts them in this category) ought to be included in the federal instant check system.”

9 posted on Sat Jan 26 2013 18:27:19 GMT-0600 (CST) by cweese (Hook ‘em Horns!!!) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies | Report Abuse]


49 posted on 01/26/2013 6:01:42 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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Freepers, your Contributions make every difference!
Please keep ‘em coming! Thank you all very much!

50 posted on 01/26/2013 6:05:26 PM PST by RedMDer (HEY LIBS! GUN FREE ZONE T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE NOW. I DARE YA!)
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To: cripplecreek

But the NRA is so good at drafting gun control legislation.......there’s money to be had in prolonging the problem.


51 posted on 01/26/2013 6:15:53 PM PST by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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To: driftdiver
“Why is that?”

First you don't seem to get what my argument is..

But secondly and more importantly I live in the real world. I know my right wing conservative beliefs are not shared by the majority of America. I firmly believe most of America is conservative but they don't respond to purely emotional my way or the highway arguments of either the left or right.

There is a line in the sand that no principled conservative can cross but in this case background checks if carefully drafted might keep the crazies from getting a weapon they should not have.... and more importantly using it on first graders..because if that is not stopped its going to be very difficult for anyone to defend the 2nd Amendment in the real world....

52 posted on 01/26/2013 6:41:11 PM PST by montanajoe
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To: montanajoe

“First you don’t seem to get what my argument is..”

Because you haven’t explained it.

“I live in the real world. “

No you don’t. You live in fantasy land.

How would a background check have prevented that mad man from anything? He stole the guns from his mother you idiot.


53 posted on 01/26/2013 6:43:49 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Red Steel

Will we have a national registry of women getting abortions? Limit them to one?

Well no because abortion is a constitutional right.

So is “right to keep and bear arms”, express not imaginary.


54 posted on 01/26/2013 6:49:44 PM PST by shalom aleichem
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To: montanajoe

There’s nothing that you or I, or any dhimmicrat, or even Øbongo can do to keep guns out of the hands of the crazies. It has happened before and it will happen again. Gun control is only the answer if “Who wants tyranny?” is the question.

So why punish the law-abiding citizen? Why should we accept penalties for societies failure to address its mental health issues?

The surest way to see our constitutional rights trampled underfoot and lost completely is to compromise with these bastards. I won’t back dawn, I won’t surrender, and I won’t retreat.


55 posted on 01/26/2013 6:51:25 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Red Steel

The problem is not a quick NICS check per se (though that is bad enough), but the 4473 that gets filled out.

If they want a ‘compromise’, I think I could live with a NICS check, but get rid of the 4473. What possible reason is there to keep a record of which firearm (if any) was transferred if all you want is to make sure you’re not selling to a “prohibited person”?


56 posted on 01/26/2013 6:53:15 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I have one question to ask of politicians, especially NY. I went to Catholic school in NY until 1953. Some of the wilder kids in the school belonged to ethnic gangs. They all had a firearm of some sort. Most had taken ordinary cap pistos, drilled them out for .22LR, soldered a firing pin on the hammer and unblocked the barrell. Not the most sophisticated weapon, but it apparently worked because none of the kids that I knew had one were never hurt.

Here’s my question: Do you also ban cap pistols, drills, soldering irons, etc.? At some point, it becomes a little ludicrous.


57 posted on 01/26/2013 7:14:38 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: rockrr
In my view the only way to really keep the guns away from the crazies is to keep the the crazies away from the guns. That means going back to insttionalizing a lot more folks, forcing medication on a lot more folks and increasing taxes/user fees to pay for it....
58 posted on 01/26/2013 7:23:23 PM PST by montanajoe
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To: NTHockey

Actually everything they did is already illegal. Didn’t stop them did it.


59 posted on 01/26/2013 7:23:55 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Red Steel

50 plus replies and NOT ONE IDEA HOW TO FIGHT BACK. How about working up some signs in you area. HERE’S AN IDEA..

DEMOCRATS ARE
GOD DENIERS AND CONGENITAL LIARS
FOR TO SHARE THE WEALTH
IT’S FIRST YOUR MONEY THEN YOUR GUNS
BE DEFENSELESS WHEN CROOKS COME


60 posted on 01/26/2013 7:51:22 PM PST by mosesdapoet (Should the "Chicago Mechanic" come out of retirement ?)
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