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   Alan Larson said: On February 6, 2013 at 7:17 AM

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   You can hardly call private gun sales the exception to the rule when private sales arre 40% of total sales. Asking for background checks on EVERYONE purchasing a gun is hardly an infringement on the 2nd Amendment, especially when the NRA and their lobbyists have managed to influence congress enough that the feds cannot legally collect data on gun violence. And why would that be? The feds can collect data on vehicle accidents and deaths but not on gun violence? That’s just wrong! This article forgot to mention the tweet sent out by Mary Franson, R-Alexandria that the DFC is already abandoning their focus on job creation and the budget to ‘tackle divisive gun legislation’….which is hyprocritical when Republicans in state governments all over the country have pursued anti-abortion legislation, voter suppression and gerrymandering (in order to win the next election because their ideas arent’ working for them) instead of job creation and budgets. The NRA membership comprises 1% of the total U.S. population. Something must be done. I hope the politicians, both state and federal have the backbone to do it.

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  Dave Buelow said: On February 6, 2013 at 1:56 PM

  Here comes Alan, all the way from Tucson, to tell us 40% of gun sales are private. They must not be very private if you know about them. Oh, wait a minute, we do not know how many gun sales are private because, by their nature, they are private.

  I wonder if Alan, from Tucson, knows that you cannot ever get background checks on everyone (his capitalization notwithstanding) who buys a gun. You can only get a background check on a law abiding citizen. Criminals do not subject themselves to background checks.

  Alan says something must be done. He is one that does not care if what he wants done will not work. He’ll just feel good if something is done.

  I wonder what data Alan is talking about that the feds cannot collect on gun violence because of the NRA. Alan, from Tucson, does not inform us but he says it is just wrong. Pray tell, what are you talking about Alan?

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