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Your hands may be clean but your mind is a little confused. You seem
to associate "law abiding gun owners" as being lock step in line with
the NRA's leadership positions, specifically those of Wayne LaPierre.
That's just not so. The vast majority of law abiding gun owners,
(even including those who are NRA members) are in favor of and support
universal background checks for everyone. If a clean bill were
introduced without a list of amendments by some members of Congress
with personal agendas, it is likely that the NRA's opposition and
lobbying strength could be overcome.

Don't be silly. Everybody discussing this knows the
majority of NRA members support universal background
checks. Joe Scarborough trumpeted that daily.
But that's just a polling question. Most of the dumb
asses answering the poll thought it was already the law.
Greg is the "law abiding" gun owner I was talking to.
He opposes a federal law requiring background checks for
all gun sales. He's a gun nut. Simple as that.
And you're naive to think ANY "clean bill" would get
through Congress.
Reid had a clean bill. No way in hell it could come
close to flying.
Hell, even the watered down Toomey and Manchin amendment
didn't pass the "new" 60 vote thresh-hold.
Only covered gun shows and internet sales.
But excluded background checks for gun transfers between
family and friends.
"Friends?" That's real good.
"Sure, he was my friend, but he never told me about that
insane asylum commitment or felony convictions. Nope,
never mentioned the restraining order either. Gee."
Get over it. The Senate is corrupt. No sense even
talking about the House. And Greg is happy with that.
Me, I'll survive just fine until I'm dead, and am happy
enough.
Forget about any gun legislation unless gun violence
takes an extended turn for the worse. I predicted that
Congress would do nothing when gun legislation was
bandied about after the school killings up your way.
And I was right. You see, it doesn't matter that you and
I and most others think universal background checks are
reasonable.
The NRA leadership and Greg disagree. They are in
lockstep.