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Checks on all buyers at gun shows rejected (MN)
StarTribune.com ^ | 3/10/10 | MIKE KASZUBA

Posted on 03/10/2010 7:09:52 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

A proposal to require background checks on all persons buying firearms at gun shows in Minnesota failed to clear its first hurdle Wednesday before a House committee.

The House Crime Victims and Criminal Records panel defeated the proposal 5-3, leaving its future in doubt. But Rep. Michael Paymar, DFL-St. Paul, the bill's author, said he may at some point resurrect the proposal before this year's legislative session ends. "It's not over [at the Legislature] until, you know, the gavel comes down in May," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: banglist; gunshows; loophole
Woot!!

The real truth is out about where bad guys get their guns.....and it ain't at gun shows.....

1 posted on 03/10/2010 7:09:52 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

How about checking ID’s and nationality during voting registration and actual voting... The vote is much more dangerous than a gun.


2 posted on 03/10/2010 7:12:59 PM PST by Waverunner ( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
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To: Waverunner

Post of the day.

Hands down.


3 posted on 03/10/2010 7:14:13 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Armed And Cantankerous.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“the bill’s author, said he may at some point resurrect the proposal before this year’s legislative session ends.”

Keep a vigilant watch on your libtards in office.


4 posted on 03/10/2010 7:15:18 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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To: Waverunner

Bears repeating and even making a tag line from.

“How about checking ID’s and nationality during voting registration and actual voting... The vote is much more dangerous than a gun.”


5 posted on 03/10/2010 7:19:24 PM PST by George from New England (Escaped CT in 2006, now north of Tampa)
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To: dynachrome

Paymar is a clueless career politician that is in bed with all of the anti-gun sects in MN....

His ‘research’ has been shown to be inaccurate, but he continues to ignore the facts.


6 posted on 03/10/2010 7:20:49 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Armed And Cantankerous.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

The only thing he “reseaches” is what will keep him in power. (true of many, if not most, politicians)


7 posted on 03/10/2010 7:27:49 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo; Waverunner

I second that! Fantastic!!!


8 posted on 03/10/2010 7:29:09 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (Camelot sleeps with the fishes!)
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To: dynachrome

“researches” that is.

defektive spelchek


9 posted on 03/10/2010 7:30:07 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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10 posted on 03/10/2010 8:09:26 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: Waverunner

How about checking ID’s and nationality during voting registration and actual voting... The vote is much more dangerous than a gun.


Indeed. The democrat voter fraud loophole needs to be closed.

11 posted on 03/11/2010 10:15:26 AM PST by EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)
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