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Coalition Opposes McCain-Lieberman Bill
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Coalition Opposes McCain-Lieberman Bill
McCain-Lieberman Gun Show Bill Marketed as "Gun Safety," but it's Not
70 Domestic Violence, Public Health and Consumer Groups Strongly Oppose the Bill
"24 Hours Not Enough Time to Stop a Batterer from Getting a Gun" Says Ad Opposing Gun Show Bill
Washington, DC - The McCain-Lieberman gun show bill is marketed as "gun safety," but it's not, Consumer Federation of America (CFA) stated today. A coalition of more than 70 domestic violence, public health, consumer groups and others oppose the bill, which is full of NRA-inspired provisions from last Congress. The first advertisement placed by the coalition reads, "24 Hours is Not Enough Time to Stop a Batterer From Getting a Gun," and calls for members of Congress to oppose the McCain-Lieberman bill.
The most dangerous provision in McCain-Lieberman is the failure to give law enforcement enough time to do background checks. The bill provides up to three business days for sales by federally licensed dealers versus only 24 hours for sales by private individuals. Last Congress Senate Judiciary Chair Orrin Hatch offered an NRA-supported amendment to reduce the time allowed to conduct background checks by all gun show sellers from three business days to 24 hours. The FBI reports that, in its first year of doing background checks, nearly 34,000 unlawful purchases would not have been stopped if a 24-hour limit had been in place.
"The 24-hour check is not a compromise. It's a collapse," said Susan Peschin, Firearms Project Director at CFA. "The longer a check takes the more likely the purchaser will be found to have a criminal record, often for domestic abuse. Yet the Lieberman and McCain bill gives these abusers a free pass."
A second provision in the McCain-Lieberman bill creates a new category of "special firearms event" licensees who could conduct background checks at gun shows. Senator and NRA Board Member Larry Craig (R-ID) first proposed the idea in 1999. This provision would impose additional burdens on the background check system that would likely result in delays, outages, and misidentifications. Also, the more people who have access to the NICS, the less oversight there is and the more opportunity for fraud and abuse.
"McCain-Lieberman has been advertised as 'fair,' but 'fair' to whom aside from criminals?" asks Peschin. "Senators Lieberman and McCain should know better. Closing the current gun show loophole by creating new and bigger loopholes in federal law will not protect the American public."
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,551738,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
McCain-Lieberman Gun Show Bill Marketed as "Gun Safety," but it's Not
70 Domestic Violence, Public Health and Consumer Groups Strongly Oppose the Bill
"24 Hours Not Enough Time to Stop a Batterer from Getting a Gun" Says Ad Opposing Gun Show Bill
Washington, DC - The McCain-Lieberman gun show bill is marketed as "gun safety," but it's not, Consumer Federation of America (CFA) stated today. A coalition of more than 70 domestic violence, public health, consumer groups and others oppose the bill, which is full of NRA-inspired provisions from last Congress. The first advertisement placed by the coalition reads, "24 Hours is Not Enough Time to Stop a Batterer From Getting a Gun," and calls for members of Congress to oppose the McCain-Lieberman bill.
The most dangerous provision in McCain-Lieberman is the failure to give law enforcement enough time to do background checks. The bill provides up to three business days for sales by federally licensed dealers versus only 24 hours for sales by private individuals. Last Congress Senate Judiciary Chair Orrin Hatch offered an NRA-supported amendment to reduce the time allowed to conduct background checks by all gun show sellers from three business days to 24 hours. The FBI reports that, in its first year of doing background checks, nearly 34,000 unlawful purchases would not have been stopped if a 24-hour limit had been in place.
"The 24-hour check is not a compromise. It's a collapse," said Susan Peschin, Firearms Project Director at CFA. "The longer a check takes the more likely the purchaser will be found to have a criminal record, often for domestic abuse. Yet the Lieberman and McCain bill gives these abusers a free pass."
A second provision in the McCain-Lieberman bill creates a new category of "special firearms event" licensees who could conduct background checks at gun shows. Senator and NRA Board Member Larry Craig (R-ID) first proposed the idea in 1999. This provision would impose additional burdens on the background check system that would likely result in delays, outages, and misidentifications. Also, the more people who have access to the NICS, the less oversight there is and the more opportunity for fraud and abuse.
"McCain-Lieberman has been advertised as 'fair,' but 'fair' to whom aside from criminals?" asks Peschin. "Senators Lieberman and McCain should know better. Closing the current gun show loophole by creating new and bigger loopholes in federal law will not protect the American public."
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,551738,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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Seems to me they are looking at this in the wrong perspective. To me 24 hours would be too long of a wait for the person being battered, the person who needed to protect themself.
If this legislation passes, how long do you think it will take before all private sales even non-gunshow related require the same? You will not be able to sell anything without big brothers prior approval. Its a smoke screen they have put up to further deteriorate your constitutional rights.
When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....