[Red Steel]

Later Thursday, a spokesman for the NRA said that while the group was working with members of Congress to "address the problems with the background check system," the group would not support expanding background checks to include private transfers.

Manchin talks out every side of his mouth.

[mountainlion]

How about a background check for our “leaders” form the pResident down?

[Timber Rattler]

After he got told off by his constituents earlier in the week, he’s now trying to have is cake and eat it too.

[3Fingas]

Manchin is a phoney and I hope the voters of West Virginia remember this when he comes up for election again.

[cripplecreek]

The NRA should be working on eliminating background checks altogether.

[bmwcyle]

The NRA better not be doing that.

[driftdiver]

No more gun laws, period.

[dadfly]

must be the harry reid wing of the NRA. what rinos? what are their names?

[Georgia Girl 2]

We have enough background checks now. Criminals don’t buy weapons at gun stores or gunshows. They buy them out of the trunk of a car. Mostly stolen. Universal background checks are just for law abiding citizens.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Wouldn’t have done a thing to stop the Sand Creek massacre, but you must never allow a crisis to go to waste.

[DuncanWaring]

How long before they tell us “With universal background checks, Adam Lanza would not have been able to steal his mother’s weapons after murdering her”?

[Standing Wolf]

You can always count on representatives of the Democratic [sic] party to strive relentlessly against our civil rights.

[Captain7seas]

Hey Joe! How about you do one of those “background checks” on the person squatting in the White House?

[NautiNurse]

Exemption for sporting events? Does this mean we would need to call in for a background check when the bad guys are crawling through the kitchen window?

[Terry Mross]

Anyone running for president should be able to pass a background check.

[montanajoe]

I know this is not popular here and I know the comments I will receive so don't bother...:)..(as if that will make a difference)

After the shooting in Shady Brook the game has changed. Most folks love their kids and grand kids more that their guns...

The vast majority of Americans don't want the crazies to have guns but they wont give up their constitutional right to own theirs.

IMHO the NRA or any other group advocating for the 2nd Amendment can not be seen as advocating letting the crazies have guns. One way to reduce the number of crazies from acquiring guns may be through the background check procedure...

[Venturer]

Manchin talks out every side of his mouth.
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That’s his mouth that noise is coming from?? I would have bet it was coming from the other end.

[hadaclueonce]

One more worthless law at a time is how they are playing it.

Then they claim they just need one more.

NO MORE. Put the crazy people in hospitals and leave the guns alone.

[Lazamataz]

Wow. This guy is a real P.O.S.

[muir_redwoods]

Why does Manchin remind me of that brother-in-law who borrows money and can’t keep a job?

[apillar]

the group would not support expanding background checks to include private transfers.

Wow, somebody must have figured out that Joe Bob is NOT going to go get a background check done every time he trades a gun to one of his buddies. (Not that the law would have been enforcable anyway, all Joe Bob would need to do is backdate a receipt before the law was changed in case any questions were ever asked.)