Rubio's PAC airing ads defending Ayotte on guns

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Rubio's PAC airing ads defending Ayotte on guns

AP foreign, Monday May 13 2013

KEN THOMAS

Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — A political group backed by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is coming to the aid of New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, airing a new television ad in the Republican's home state defending her stance on gun legislation.

Rubio's Reclaim America political action committee says in the new ad that Ayotte has sought to reduce gun violence in New Hampshire, home of the nation's first presidential primary. The ad points to "safety, security, family. No one understands these things like a mom and no one works harder for them than this one."

Ayotte opposed a key part of President Barack Obama's push to curb gun violence, a measure that would have required expanded background checks for people who buy guns online or at gun shows.

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[Thinkingabout]

1. Wow, it makes me wonder why Rubio's pac is defending Ayotte if her no vote on background checks

Did not affect her? I am thinking it does matter on votes on background checks, we don't need criminals, terrorist and those mentally incapable of possessing weapons to opportunity to purchase them. The correct vote on background checks was yes.

[gejohnston]

2. maybe

but it wasn't a "universal" background check. In fact, I don't think it would affect more than a few sales.
IIRC, it would only add a few sales. It would add all gun shows and online/mail sales. That would actually be very few for the following reasons:
Most gun show sales are from licensed dealers, where background checks are required under current law. Some states require background checks for all private sales regardless of location. Some gun show promoters have BGC as part of their policy.

Internet/mail order.
How many are intra-state. All interstate sales already since the gun must be shipped to a licensed dealer in the buyer's home state. Not doing so violates the 1968 Gun Control Act
The exchange?
It also would have loosened a kind of obscure provision of the 1968 Gun Control Act by making interstate sales handguns the same as long guns.

While I agree with a 100 percent BGC system, I think the supporters and resisters of the TM amendment made it more than it was. IOW, both sides make a bigger deal out of it than what it deserved.

we don't need criminals, terrorist and those mentally incapable of possessing weapons to opportunity to purchase them.

While UBC would prevent the mentally incompetent, Not even Josh Sugarmann believes it would prevent the first two from getting guns.