Senators agreed on language for an alternative background check bill late Tuesday that could breathe new life into legislation that appeared to be dead on arrival.
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., who is up for reelection in 2014 and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., will unveil their compromise bill Wednesday, but sources close to the negotiation say it addresses key concerns GOP lawmakers had that the previous legislation set unrealistic restrictions on family firearm transfers and required private sellers to keep records that could eventually be used to compile a national gun registry.
if you are a legal gun owner what the fuss, what are you afraid of? the republicans and the NRA the defacto republican congress (2. Exercising power or serving a function without being legally or officially established), have said they have no desire to support any legislation involving any gun laws, so what does that mean two senators agree, did the republican guy check first with the T-Party and the NRA?
The current bill, as written, would require nearly all private transfers to require a background check, a hurdle lawmakers argued was unreasonable and failed to account for family or friends sharing firearms, as occurs during hunting or sports shooting.
how many families throughout history have been criminals, Mafia sect are referred to as families, the James bro., Ma Barker and her sons, the list goes on, so again if you are not criminally inclined, what the fuss?
