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...caving into the demands of a big lobby with big bucks, passing a National Rifle Association-sponsored bill to drastically weaken gun control. The vote in the House is as much a comment on the way Congress does business as it is a comment on the power of the NRA...
...centering the debate on the penalty issue, the NRA can divert our attention from the rest of the bill and its potential to increase gun-related crimes. The NRA must hide its true motivation and bury the fact that additional violent crime is the price which society must pay in exchange for easing restrictions on--and subsequently increasing the profits of--handgun dealers...
...seems that the NRA's strategy is working well. Despite the fact that nearly every law enforcement organization has come out in opposition to McClure-Volkmer, the Senate passed it by a vote of 70-14, without hearings...
...NRA claims that its bill would make gun laws more enforceable. But if they really cared to see that gun laws are enforced, they would not consider surprise inspections of gun dealers as a violation of man's natural rights and would support a mandatory 15-day federal waiting period on all purchases of handguns. Such a provision would not prevent any "honest citizen" from defending himself and would not violate the rights of gun dealers. It would merely give an angry gun purchaser time to cool down and the government a chance to check the background of potential...
House Judiciary Chairman Peter Rodino has introduced a bill mandating a waiting period. The NRA opposes it, claiming that the public would be better served by McClure-Volkmer. As the NRA applies pressure to representatives, let us hope that congressmen have the courage and vision to accept the NRA for what it is--a narrow special interest which seeks to benefit gun dealers and users with little regard for the public welfare...