1) A recent poll showed that nine in 10 Americans, and even eight in 10
NRA members, support universal background checks. Other polls have
contained similar findings. Given that your organization spends huge
amounts of member dues lobbying against regulations such as this, how
can you credibly claim to represent your rank and file membership?
Doesn?t this prove that the NRA is little more than a lobbying arm for
the multi-billion-dollar gun industry?
2) Under current law, would-be buyers of guns are widely subjected to
background checks. Is it your view that these current checks are
unconstitutional? If so, then how? If not, then how exactly would
expanding the current background check system infringe on the rights of
the law abiding?
3) Your organization repeatedly claims that the push to expand
background checks would create a national federal gun registry, with the
aim of confiscating guns. But current law actually prohibits the
creation of such a list, and mandates that information collected in the
process of green-lighting legal transfers be destroyed. And the current
proposal to expand the system doesn?t change this. So isn?t your claim
simply a lie?
4) Many law enforcement groups support the proposed assault weapons ban,
the ban on high capacity magazines, and expanded background checks. Why
should we take the word of the NRA over that of our brave and hard
working law enforcement professionals when it comes to how best to
ensure the safety of police officers on the front lines and of the
American public?
5) You recently said: ?The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is
a good guy with a gun.? Are you willing to support any new laws of any
kind to prevent the ?bad guy? from getting a gun in the first place?