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USA Gun Control Timeline, a social experiment...Post Sandy Hook to Present
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"The gun lobby that senators and congressmen are really afraid of (hint: it’s not the NRA)"
[link to news.yahoo.com] "As the Senate moves to vote on expanding background checks for gun purchases, the Gun Owners of America lobby group has a warning for Republicans on Capitol Hill: vote against background checks or face a showdown with the GOA in the next election.
“We'll be doubling down to make sure the House members realize that they're all up for reelection next year,” says Larry Pratt, the executive director of GOA.
Pratt contends that voting in favor of background checks is a vote against the Second Amendment and will lead to a government registry of gun owners.
"This is actually a vote on registering gun owners," Pratt says. "It's not a background check. The background check doesn't solve crimes, they don't prosecute under it, it's not a crime-fighting tool, but it does give the government a list of people who have guns, and they are very open in saying they are keeping the names."
Though the background checks bill crafted by Sen. Pat Toomey (R - Pa.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D - W. Va.) explicitly bans the federal government from creating a national firearms registry, Pratt is not convinced. Toomey now has a metaphorical red target on his back with Pratt, who says his leadership on background checks shows “you can be in Washington too long....”
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