McCain on Background Checks at Gun Shows: “He was for it, before he was against it”

McCain on Background Checks at Gun Shows
“He was for it, before he was against it”

AN OPEN LETTER TO NRA MEMBERS

When Senator John McCain addresses NRA leaders at their convention today, we all need to ask where does he really stand on the important issue of background checks on all gun transfers at gun shows.

In March of 2004, on the floor of the US Senate, Senator McCain delivered an impassioned plea for legislation to close the so-called “gun show loophole”.

SENATOR MCCAIN: “Why do we need this amendment? Some might point to tragedies such as Columbine, but as horrific as the massacre at Columbine was, where eleven young people needlessly lost their lives, that is not what drives the need to close the gun-show loophole. We need this amendment because criminals and terrorists have exploited and are exploiting this very obvious loophole in our gun safety laws...”

“We need this amendment because, according to the NRA , ‘hundreds of thousands’ of unlicensed firearms sales occur at gun shows each year. We need this amendment because ATF has identified gun shows as the second leading source of firearms recovered from illegal gun trafficking investigations...

We also need this amendment because my law-abiding constituents who attend gun shows in Arizona should not have to rub shoulders with the scum of the Earth who use this loophole to evade background checks to buy firearms to peddle to God knows who.”

More:
http://www.huntersandshooters.com/index.php




See also:

The American Hunters and Shooters Association Supports Obama: He "Gets It"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3312768&mesg_id=3312847

and there ain't no stinking cav-e-ats about safe handling of firearms. Just arm every citizen in our country so we will all be safer.

and bet that the NRA will "interpret" in your favor.