Up Is Down: Foes Of Gun Background Checks Claim To Support Them

[Tx4obama]

Up Is Down: Foes Of Gun Background Checks Claim To Support Them

Having found themselves on the wrong side of a cause supported by the vast majority of Americans, opponents of expanded background checks for gun purchases are working to turn the debate upside down by claiming to support the policy.

The most notable example surrounds Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s (R-NH) vote against legislation to mandate background checks for firearm buyers at gun shows and online sales — which current law does not require. Ayotte was the only senator in the Northeast to vote against it.

But an ad released Monday by Sen. Marco Rubio praised Ayotte’s vote “to fix background checks.” An earlier spot by the National Rifle Association declared that Ayotte “voted for a bipartisan plan to make background checks more effective.”

In fact, Ayotte (and nearly every Republican senator) voted to block the Manchin-Toomey legislation to expand background checks. Instead she voted for a substitute Republican measure to include more mental health reporting in the FBI criminal background check system and permit recovered mentally ill people to buy a gun.

-snip-

Full article here: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/kelly-ayotte-background-checks-rubio-nra.php?ref=fpb

[Skittles]

1. typical cowardly reaction

lying bastards

[sweetapogee]

2. it's a swing...

and a miss.
Ball three.

[Skittles]

3. ball three knocked you back to where you belong

BYE!

[sweetapogee]

4. are you trying

to hurt my feelings?