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You clearly know more about it than I do. However, masonhensley's claim that "the champions of gun control really don't care" is plainly false. Perhaps the word
by mcherm 14y ago
You clearly know more about it than I do. However, masonhensley's claim that "the champions of gun control really don't care" is plainly false. Perhaps the wording was wrong, but the clearly stated goal was NOT to prevent transfers within a family.
- hga 14y agoI think it's a defensible statement. I grant you that no champions of gun control voted against Manchin-Toomey-Sauron (as we've been calling it as of late :-), excepting the special case of Harry Reid since Senate rules then allow him to bring it up again, but you don't have to step back very far. E.g. without the poison pills and gotchas in Manchin-Toomey-Sauron (again, details on request, and, yes, I probably do know more since I read all of it :-), it would have had a much better chance of success. But it's the "champions of gun control" who we assume e.g. inserted the nullification of the Firearms Owners' Protection Act (FOPA) of '86 provisions for protected interstate travel at the same time they were ostensibly strengthened. Seriously, my move from Massachusetts to Virginia in 1991 would have been felonious if Manchin-Toomey-Sauron had been in effect then. Well, I suppose I could have arranged with two FFLs, one in each state, to ship my guns, but I hope you're getting the general point, it wasn't a "clean" bill, and that wasn't the fault of nominally pro-RKBA Toomey, except in his decision to sup with the devil in the first place (especially without a top flight food taster (serious pro-RKBA lawyer---lawyers would be an asset when dealing with the devil :-)).