Gun Control can be Passed Only if Republicans Sell Out
Tell them gun owners oppose “universal” background checks
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Tell them gun owners oppose “universal” background checks
[blockquote]“Gun-control measures that seemed destined to become law after the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., are in jeopardy amid a fierce lobbying campaign by firearms advocates.” – The Washington Post, April 1, 2013[/blockquote]
Your activism is making a difference, but we need to keep the pressure on!
As so, as we approach “gun control Armageddon” next week, we are faced, not surprisingly, with “sell-outs and rumors of sell-outs.”
But we can conclude that all gun control will die UNLESS Republicans flinch. And this is why, now that anti-gun Senator Chuck Schumer is on the verge of a humiliating defeat, he’s scrambling for some feckless Republican who will help him turn GOP victory into GOP defeat.
Anti-gun columnist Ruth Marcus spoke for Schumer last Wednesday morning when she suggested that, as a desperation measure, anti-gunners might have to drop recordkeeping from the universal registry bill.
But even if ALL recordkeeping were dropped, which is doubtful, background checks would mean that:
- Americans would still have to get the government’s permission to own a firearm from whatever source.
- Americans in rural areas without access to the Internet could be barred from gun ownership.
- The Brady Check system would break down on weekends even more often than it currently does.
- Eight percent of all applicants would still be illegally denied the right to purchase firearms through “false negatives.”
- Schumer would still claim that he “broke the back of the gun lobby.”
- The universal registry bill would still be nothing but a vehicle for consideration of other gun control now and a platform for gun control demands in the future.
The solution to all of this is easy, and it’s for Senators to support the Paul-Cruz-Lee filibuster! Tell them not to let Congress sidle up to the gun control buffet and to defeat the motion to proceed to gun control.
ACTION: Contact your Senators. Demand they support the Paul-Cruz-Lee filibuster and oppose the motion to proceed to any gun control vehicle.
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