Trump Wants Joe Manchin’s Gun Control, Rejects Steve Scalise’s National Reciprocity Push

Breitbart ^ | 2/28/18 | AWR HAWKINS

[OneVike]

President Donald Trump embraced Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) gun control bill but rejected Rep. Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) push for national reciprocity during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers Wednesday afternoon. After listening to Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT), Trump looked at toward the end of the table and asked Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) to detail their gun control bill.

The Manchin/Toomey gun control bill is the same universal background check legislation supported by Barack Obama in the wake of the heinous attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School. It the very bill that was defeated in the Democrat-controlled Senate on April 17, 2013.

Toomey described it for Trump, saying the bill “strengthens the reporting of information into the background check system” and “requires background checks on all commercial sales.” This is code-talk for requiring background checks on private gun sales, which Toomey described as sales at gun shows and online (even though online sales already require a background check).

Manchin then spoke and suggested that West Virginians will support the Manchin/Toomey gun control bill if Trump will support it. He did not mention that the Manchin/Toomey bill would not have prevented the Florida attack — just as it would not have prevented the Sandy Hook attack that spawned it.

Trump spoke of the using the Manchin/Toomey bill “as a base” to which other gun bills can be added, and then continued taking comments from various senators and representatives in attendance.

When it was Rep. Scalise’s time to speak, he highlighted the crime-fighting value of concealed carriers and the need to pass national reciprocity legislation.

[OneVike]

BACK OFF TRUMP!

Mark my word, If President Trump signs any gun control bill that limits anyone's rights under the constitution, he will be a one term President, and the Democrats will win Congress this year.

He is seriously stepping into dangerous territory, and Republicans will pay the price if they give him legislation to do what he wants to do. There is a reason even Democrats did not go where Trump is going, because they knew they would have lost the US Senate back in 2010. Instead they didn't do go there, and kept the Senate until 2014.

He could very well still pay he continues down the path of using executive order to limit any constitutional rights.

Back off Trump. You are screwing with fire now buddy, BACK OFF!

[Not A Snowbird]

What is the argument against strong background checks?

[Angels27]

Let me guess...more 5D chess by Trump?

[Behind Liberal Lines]

So...I suppose this is another example of Trump playing some sort of 4D Chess and not a NYC bred anti-gun guy who probably had his lib daughter whisper in his ear about how good this would make him look. ;-)

[AAABEST]

Trump hasn't done or said anything horrific.

Stuff a sock in it.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

It’s more BS about a non-existant gun show loophole.

[mrmeyer]

Where do you see background check mentioned in the Second Amendment?

[Blood of Tyrants]

It includes transfers from one family member to another as well as private sales among citizens.

[gundog]

Universal checks, aka registration.

[OneVike]

Tell me why even the Democrats never went where he is going when they controlled everything?

[dpetty121263]

Tread softy Trump, tread softy as your own base will Impeach you including me..

[Lopeover]

Trump has seen that the Democrat-Communists & their Deep State clowns will kill American kids.

[Mastador1]

[Arm_Bears]

Breitbart is becoming about as useless as the rest of the media.

[OneVike]

Exactly, I will help lead candidates to tun against any and all Republicans, even if it means Democrats win and they Impeach him.

[Cboldt]

-- What is the argument against strong background checks? --

What do you mean by "strong?"

[OneVike]

No, the NRA is becoming useless when they support any limits on our 2nd Amendment rights

[Yogafist]

Once they get universal background checks, they move on to adding offenses to the list of prohibiting violations. The end game being that everyone has done something that prevents them from purchasing a firearm.

[ealgeone]

Until people are arrested who are felons or otherwise trying to illegally purchase a gun, what’s the point of the check?

[Paladin2]

Poorly defined. Leaving the details up to the unelected will be amother disaster.