NRA IN 1999: 'Background Checks for Every Sale at Every Gun Show

[Political Junky]

The BRAD BLOG : NRA IN 1999: 'Background Checks for Every Sale at Every Gun Show. No Loopholes'; NRA TODAY: Background Checks Unnecessary

During testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in 1999, after the mass shooting at Columbine, the National Rifle Association's CEO Wayne LaPierre stated plainly:

LAPIERRE: We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone.

 

[Lakhota]

Yes, the NRA has changed drastically since the late 70's.

 

[Vandalshandle]

I sick of NRA's bulllying and radical right wing rhetoric. They have evolved into a society of cranks. It is time for our representatives stand up to them. Nobody is going to take their toys away from them, and I am not interested in placating some nut who plans on moving to Waco to fight Abrams tanks with his AR-15.

 

[DiamondDave]

Yet I just bought a revolver at the local gun show in Frederick.. and had to go thru the whole background check.. go figure... just like anywhere else I would buy a hand gun

 

[NYcarbineer]

The NRA supported key counter offer to the waiting period proposal in the Brady bill from the early nineties, was an instant background check:

On the same day Representative Staggers (D-W.Va.) offered H.R. 1412, the Felon Handgun Purchase Prevention Act of 1991. [76] This proposal would require the Attorney General to establish a Federal hotline within six months of enactment. [77] The hotline was proposed as an alternative to the seven-day waiting period, which was vigorously opposed by some members of the House.

GUN CONTROL: THE BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT

The current NRA has adopted the irrational obstructionist extremism of the GOP House.