Here's a really good 6:03 video segment from NBC's Meet the Press about the NRA's positions on current gun control proposals. I know NRA chief Wayne Lapierre isn't the most likeable character, but try to listen to what he has to say. This is a concise 6 minutes that is worth watching and should get your attention regardless of your positions on gun control.
The outspoken gun control advocates are aggressively and consistently using lies, misinformation an deception in pushing their agenda. It's extremely evident in their chosen statistics and their colorful but factually incorrect descriptions of artifacts, events and capabilities while ignoring an overwhelming amount of facts, data and analysis that undermines their aims.
As shown in this article, one of those deceptions is about so-called "universal background checks". First, they're being masked or accompanied by other, more controversial measures. Second, the NRA is right - they don't and will never exist. Criminals will always find a way. Third, it is a step toward federal gun registration, which is and needs to remain illegal. Fourth, most of the American public has no idea how far these background checks go and what their effect will be on law abiding gun owners. Lapierre goes into some detail, describing transactions among hunters and farmers. But it goes much deeper than that. You can have a live-in roommate and while you're both there, all is okay. But if you go on vacation for more than 6 days you'd have to get a background check on your non-family member roommate to 'possess' your firearms while you're gone. (Only grandparents, parents, siblings, spouses, adult children are excluded.) While you share the home it's okay. For the first 6 days you're gone it's okay. But on the 7th day your roommate is more likely to become a homicidal maniac, apparently. Want to loan a gun to a friend to use on a range even though you can't be there? Background check required. Want to borrow a friend's gun to fire as you consider purchasing one? Background check. There's no consideration for whether you already are known to possess your own firearms. There's no exclusion for a roommate's so-called 'possession' if your firearms are locked in a safe. Aunts, uncles and cousins are not close enough family members to be excluded from background checks. Law enforcement officers and concealed carry licensees are not excluded. Oh, and cost? You don't think the government is going to provide this service for free, do you? Estimates of costs passed on to firearms owners range from approx. $20-60 per transaction. And where will they be available? That's not yet determined. The government can't really force retail stores to perform them for firearms they're not involved in selling. That leaves police departments. Aside from lousy 'customer service' for non-emergency services that are quite common at police departments, there are plenty of good reasons for not wanting to march into your local police department with your firearms - de facto registration and general awareness of what you're holding are two of them. With this article, we're now aware of 3 recent reports of warrantless searches and seizures of legally owned firearms plus the door-to-door seizures that were done in post-Katrina New Orleans. Oh, and the 4 states who have recently proposed gun confiscation in their states.
http://www.isthatbaloney.com/gun-control-the-universal-background-check-propaganda-assault/
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