Posted on 11/07/2017 9:30:18 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
President Trump is in South Korea, which is part of his Asia trip, and NBC News decided it was appropriate to ask him about extreme vetting regarding gun purchases. The question was pitched to Trump by Ali Vitali. The question was spurred by the president demanding we have a more extensive vetting process relating to immigration in the wake of the worst terror attack to hit New York City since 9/11. Sayfullo Saipov of Uzbekistan rented a Home Depot pickup truck and ran down pedestrians and cyclists in lower Manhattan last week, killing eight people and wounding twelve. On Sunday, Devin Kelley, 26, opened fire on a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing 26 people and wounding 20.
It’s angling on gun control. We all know this, but there are a few things missing. The Daily Wire picked up on this as well. First, Kelley wouldn’t have been allowed to purchases his four firearms if his domestic violence conviction was passed onto the FBI. Kelley, an Air Force veteran, was court martialed on domestic violence charges and sentenced to a year in jail. He was given a “bad-conduct discharge” in 2014. The fact is that if the proper information was passed onto the authorities, this shooting could have been prevented. This horrible event didn't occur becasue there's an absence of vetting when it comes to gun purchases.
.@realDonaldTrump has advocated “extreme vetting” for ppl trying to come to the US. Would he consider the same for ppl trying to buy a gun? https://t.co/dFhnAPiNbi — Ali Vitali (@alivitali) November 7, 2017
I asked @POTUS about gun control after yet another mass shooting. He says its too soon to discuss, but wouldn’t have helped in TX anyway. — Ali Vitali (@alivitali) November 7, 2017
Domestic abusers cannot own guns. That’s already on the books. Background checks are executed for every purchase from dealers with a federal firearms license. Can we strengthen and improve background checks? We can surely have a discussion about that. Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is proposing a fix to the NICS system to make sure something like not forwarding a domestic violence conviction does not fall through the cracks again (via The Hill):
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said on Tuesday that he will introduce legislation aimed at strengthening the gun background check system in the wake of a deadly mass shooting in his home state.
“I plan to introduce legislation ... to ensure that all federal departments and agencies, including the Department of Defense, upload the required conviction records into the national database," Cornyn said. The Texas Republican, citing the Justice Department, added that the number of records currently being shared with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is "staggeringly low." "That is unacceptable and it must change.”
But this notion that background checks are not universal, or that there aren’t regulations on rifles, or that the NRA is a terrorist organization, or that buying a gun is somehow as easy as buying a pack of gum at the local CVS is just not true. Yes, there are private sales; they’re a small fraction of all gun sales (single digits) and it’s not insane to suggest that most of them are probably transfers between family members, like a father passing his guns down to his son, which is an American tradition. We don’t know for sure, but private sales are not the boogieman that the anti-gun Left makes them out to be.
Also, if want to see a left wing narrative die on this issue, the person who engaged and stopped Kelley from committing more killings is an NRA member and was a certified instructor as well.
Still, the publication was right in noting the NBC reporter’s smug tone:
While many of the questions centered around the Korean Peninsula, Ali Vitali brought up the issue of gun control in an overt attempt to grandstand. "You’ve talked about wanting to put extreme vetting on people trying to come into the United States," Vitali said with a smug tone. "But I wonder if you would consider extreme vetting for people trying to buy a gun."
Trump called her out for choosing his trip to Asia to bring up the issue of gun control.
"Well you’re bringing up a situation that probably shouldn’t be discussed too much right now," Trump said. "We could probably let a little time go by, but it’s okay if you feel that’s an appropriate question even though we are in the heart of South Korea." Just remember; they’re wrong about everything.
She thought she was very clever with her “gotcha” question.
Trump made her look like a fool, in a nice way.
Quit with the bull$!t already. He could have failed 10 background checks and still have got guns to kill these people.
Someone should have reminded the reporter that there was no need for “extreme vetting on guns” - the plain old normal regulations that already exist would have prevented this psycho from buying guns if they’d been followed.
Trump should’ve asked him if he believes we should extremely vet everyone before they can exercise their constitutional rights. Maybe start administering IQ tests at the polls.
“I cannot spare this man; he *fights*!”
Sssh - couching the facts in this way disarms the Democrats of much of their support for further gun bills. Let us not inform them of their error just yet - their main talking point in the immediate aftermath was a demand for more background checks and closing the ‘gun show loophole’. Since the facts have been stated in a way to discredit both proposals, they’ve basically shut up and mostly given up.
Do you want to be totally, completely factually correct with the liberals? Or do you want to *win* against the liberals? Choose; you cannot have both at this time.
We already have “extreme vetting” for gun purchases; unfortunately, this was AN EPIC GOVERNMENT FAIL!
Good grief, what an idiot reporter :-/
I remember riding the school bus with kids that had 22 single-shot rifles on their laps....it was for gun safety class. It was considered quite normal at the time.
And EVERY boy had a pocket knife on him...and some of the girls as well.
My grandpa told me about the time he ordered a machine gun from Sears. They MAILED the Thompson to him from Chicago. Imagine that!
It’s that wonderful 2nd amendment...the left would love to disarm us but the founders were wise :-)
I would have asked him, “Do you support the ability of terrorists to come in this country and kill your family?”
When will there be extreme vetting of news producers?
Fast & Furious was an even bigger tragedy and more epic failure because the US government (Obama and Holder) deliberately permitted narcoterrorists acquire firearms which were then used in a variety of crimes and murders.
where does it say extreme vetting in the constitution’s 2nd amendment?..
But he still could have looked on the internet as to how to make bombs, and used a homemade bomb to have taken out the entire congregation along with the structure. If someone is committed to exercising evil, they will find a way if the will is strong enough.
There should be very little vetting, if any.
That’s not a reporter eager to report an event.
That’s a political provocateur trying to create an event.
Yes sir, Vlad.
Or, he could have driven a loaded dump truck through the congregation as it left church.
People murder people, Without human involvement, inanimate objects, whether guns or vehicles, do not.
I think people in the media should be subjected to IQ tests and extreme background checks. We definitely need to screen people running for office with extreme background checks. Anyone caught lying on the background checks is immediately kicked out of the country. Send them to Mexico or Canada.
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