Posted on 06/14/2007 6:26:51 AM PDT by OrthodoxPresbyterian
House approves stiffer gun background checks
By Joel Havemann, Los Angeles Times June 14, 2007
WASHINGTON -- The House yesterday passed what could become the first significant gun legislation in a decade, directing states to streamline the system for keeping track of criminals, mental patients, and others barred from buying firearms. The legislation also provides $250 million a year for the central database and grants to states to contribute to it.
The bill, which was passed by voice vote, was the product of rare cooperation between gun-control advocates and the National Rifle Association. It is intended to address problems highlighted by the mass shooting at Virginia Tech by a student with a history of mental health problems....
"The focus of discussions related to gun policy was on increasing the effectiveness of current federal firearms regulation, which is limited by divergent state practices," said the report, prepared by the departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, and Education.
For example, the report noted that only 23 states currently provide information to the FBI on people who, under federal law, cannot buy a gun because of mental health issues.
White House spokesman Tony Fratto said that the president "very much" supports the goals of the House bill, but that his aides have some concerns about its $250 million annual price tag.
The House acted after a parade of legislators from both parties praised the legislation.
Only Representative Ron Paul, Republican of Texas, spoke out against the bill, calling it "flagrantly unconstitutional" and saying it undermines the Second Amendment right to bear arms and violates privacy rights of those whose medical records go into the FBI database....
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Thompson was a pretty big cheerleader for the McCain Campaign Finance Reform abomination, and only voted in-line with Gun Owners of America on 19 out of 33 key votes they rated (i.e., about 57% of the time), but he's still the most tolerable of the "Big 4", to me.
Still, I'd much prefer a Paul/Thompson ticket. ;-)
Very good point, on your #57.
Thank you, sir.
You are missing the point, if the person is not a resident of the state they can’t buy the firearm. It has nothing to do with access to databases.
I have known Ron Paul for MANY years. Lived three doors down from him in Lake Jackson, Texas for a time and my youngest son was delivered into the world by him. I once thought him to be a perfect candidate for President but, unfortunately, that is no longer the case and I do not have time to deal with these treads.
It’s all coming together. I never used to believe in conspiracies.
I agree that Tancredo and Hunter are “pretty good” in relative terms, though neither comes close to Paul. The big problem with Hunter, of course, was his support of the Medicare prescription bill which many other pubbies opposed. What gives with that?
Jews make up a similar proportion of the US population, and yet a single very small [nomially] Jewish country lost 23 TIMES as many of its citizens as ALL 167 møøslimb contries COMBINED.
It's mathematically odd,
You have a gift for understatment.
if your numbers are correct.
They are. Google search 9/11 deaths by country, add the numbers, and cross compare to the CIA list of møøselimb countries, and that is what falls out.
BTW, don't bother googling 9/11 deaths by religion. That data was never reported, anywhere, by anyone.
I wonder why?
I smell a Jooooooooooooish conspiracy...
I am.
Me too.
If you you guys are searching for the “perfect candidate” in each election, you’re remaining years on earth will be filled with disappointment. No such “perfect candidate” exists though Paul is far better than the rest in relative terms.
I’d love a perfect candidate!
I’ll settle for one without lethal flaws.
Well....then, if Paul doesn’t fit the bill, you’ll never be satisfied with a field dominanted by opportunists, like Mitt and Rudy, and folksy McCain fans like Thompson.
I am as repulsed by this year’s crop as I have ever been in 36 years of voting.
Thank you VERY much for that most enlightening information.
I have said many times on this very forum that the ONLY perfect candidate (yourself) isn't running so we agree on that point.
It shouldn't be in ANY state.
Either I'm a U.S. citizen or not.
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