“Full state participation in NICS would help prevent the kind of tragedy that took place at Virginia Tech in 2007. Prior to that mass shooting, in which 32 people were murdered and 23 were injured, shooter Seung Hui Cho had been found mentally ill by a Virginia judge. However, Virginia did not submit that court record to NICS. The absence of this critical information in NICS enabled Cho to pass a background check and purchase the handguns he used for the shooting. This is one example of how the threat of gun violence can be reduced through improvement of the NICS system, a salient objective of the Manchin-Toomey amendment. “
This is some dangerous bullsheet, the next step is to declare your political enemies mentally ill and take away all their rihgts.
Why do they always say this? It's total BS. Or do they mean that in the past they've supported the 2ndA, but that was then and this is now?
Typical non-response response from our elected officials. They should at least identify the aide or computer that actually composed the BS.
Thank you for posting this.
YES IT IS CANNED! I just received the exact same reply to my email to Senator Toomey explaining that this legislation was not something a Conservative should have have his name on...... I was disappointed in the fact e co-sponsored the law and now disgusted that he would reply to voters with canned response.
I wish some state would collect all federal taxes from that state and then withhold it from the Feds for not complying with the Constitution.
Same disingenuous copy-and-paste drivel I got back from Toomey’s office.
"As you know, I have been working to reduce the number and strength of anti-firearms legislation, aiming toward our ultimate goal of making the Second Amendment the only gun law in the nation. This is a difficult, years-long battle that only began in earnest in 1994 in response to the first 'Assault Weapons Ban' (now some years expired without renewal).
"We managed to defeat this latest effort at increased infringement on your rights. Please accept this as a battle won, rather than evidence of a war lost. We are not finished, either in the sense of having accomplished our goal, nor in the sense of being defeated.
"Please continue to support, financially and with your vote, pro-liberty candidates wherever possible. Please note that often there is no perfectly pro-liberty candidate in the general election; when that happens, please vote against those who either openly or rhetorically threaten your Constitutional Rights. We can deal with the other kind when they get here, just as we did last week.
"Sincerely, etc." Travis-- off to the fun store for real this time :)
Get rid of toomey asap... he is just another snarlin’ arlen.
The longer he serves... the mnore he will list to port.
LLS
That response is as canned as pork and beans. What a bunch of sh!t. Toomey should be ashamed, but I’m sure he’s not.
Is he your Senator?
FWIW, if you want to see the uber canned response, send an email to Linda Graham (RINO/D-SC). Sometimes her canned response has nothing to do with your original email.
I view Sen. Toomey as an honorable, honest man. We’ll just have to agree to disagree on this one, Senator.
Anytime you give government more access to these types of records no good will come of it. In Maryland every regulated firearm purchased since 1998 is now recorded in a state database. Result: Gun registration.
Even the Congress knows gun registration is against the Constitution but Maryland goverment doesn’t care. We get registration. Again, when government has access to the data, government will misuse that data.
And, if we on the Right were to support this kind of law, what are we getting for it? We could trade for open carry in all states, deregulating firearms suppressors, nationwide “stand-your-ground” laws, tougher sanctions on those who committ crimes with guns, etc.?
They play hardball on guns, so should we. We need to move the needle on gun control back to the center.
The thing I’m disappointed in Sen Toomey about is that you cannot trust DemoCRAPs. They have no problem lying or being deceitful to get what they want. Dare I say “Nancy Pelosi”? We have to pass a 2,800 page ObamaCare law to even “see what’s in it?”
Sen Manchin may appear to be an honorable man but at the end of the day he will vote to reafirm Harry Reid and the Nancy Pelosi’s of the world. He associates with those who would allow the media to mischaracterize the Right and for that he can go to h*ll. They (the libs) can all go to h*ll.
Toomey, if you are right... it should be ok...but the Marxists in the Senate might do it someday.
This is where trust comes in. When you do a background check on me (and everyone else) at the POS, I'm to trust that no one is keeping records of that background check request?
Tell you what, Mr. politician. Here's your registry......the IRS. Just assume every Social Security number has a gun. That's all you need to know.