Trump called NRA chief to tell him universal background checks are off the table: report

[mystery-ak]

Trump called NRA chief to tell him universal background checks are off the table: report
By Chris Mills Rodrigo - 08/20/19 06:04 PM EDT



President Trump called National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre on Tuesday to tell him that universal background checks for gun purchases are off the table, The Atlantic reported.

The decision to oppose an initiative that has strong support in public polling signals an apparent backtracking by the president from initial comments he made following two mass shootings earlier this month in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that left 31 dead.


Trump at the time indicated support for legislation on “meaningful background checks,” saying the issue was not a question of the NRA or political partisanship.

“On background checks, we have tremendous support for really common-sense, sensible, important background checks,” Trump told reporters on Aug. 9 following the shootings.

However, Trump reportedly no longer supports the initiative.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/458169-trump-called-nra-chief-to-tell-him-universal-background-checks-are

[Smokin Joe]

A good start toward reelection, if true. Now keep an eye on the other hand....

[libertybele]

A good start toward reelection, if true. Now keep an eye on the other hand....

This is one time that I actually am glad that he backpedaled, but like you say ... keep an eye on the other hand.  I'm hoping that his staunch supporters are holding his feet to the fire and telling him to keep his hands off the 2A.

[mystery-ak]

White House denies report Trump promised NRA background checks were off the table
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/08/21/white-house-denies-report-he-promised-nra-background-checks-were-off-the-table-787862

[txradioguy]

Good.  Expanded background checks are a bandaid in search of a wound that doesn't exist.

[roamer_1]

A good start toward reelection, if true. Now keep an eye on the other hand....

That's right.

Hegelian dialectic...

[roamer_1]

White House denies report Trump promised NRA background checks were off the table
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/08/21/white-house-denies-report-he-promised-nra-background-checks-were-off-the-table-787862

 

[Jazzhead]

Bad move.  Most gun sales require background checks;  there's no reason not to close the loophole for private sales. 

If the gun lobby were smart, it would offer to trade agreement on sensible stuff like background checks in exchange for concealed carry reciprocity.    That's how "compromise" is typically effected in D.C. -  I get something that I want in exchange for you getting something that you want.   No problem with that in situations where, as here, taxpayers aren't getting screwed.   

[roamer_1]

Bad move.  Most gun sales require background checks;  there's no reason not to close the loophole for private sales. 

That is NOT true.

[txradioguy]

Bad move.  Most gun sales require background checks;  there's no reason not to close the loophole for private sales.

 
If I want to sell my .45 ACP 1911 to my 21 year old son for $100.  Why should I be forced to go to a gun store and have them do a NICS check on him that will cost him at least $125?

The "loophole" is a myth created by the anti gun left and mindlessly repeated by people like you ad nauseam.

[roamer_1]

I will not comply. And I doubt many others will either.

What Uncle don't know can't hurt you.

[thackney]

 
If I want to sell my .45 ACP 1911 to my 21 year old son for $100.  Why should I be forced to go to a gun store and have them do a NICS check on him that will cost him at least $125?

The "loophole" is a myth created by the anti gun left and mindlessly repeated by people like you ad nauseam.

I do not support universal background checks.  I do not support requiring NICS checks for private sales.

That said, if you are paying $125, you are paying WAY TOO much.

I get this service for an internet purchase for $20.

https://www.primaryarms.com/in-store-pickup

[Applewood]

Trump wants stronger background checks, then he doesn't, then he does.

Trump wants payroll tax cuts, then he doesn't, the he does.

Constant mind changing, hedging, dodging, drama, will he or won't he, tune in again tomorrow. 

Am I the only one tired of this dam reality tv show and wish it were canceled?
'

[roamer_1]

Am I the only one tired of this dam reality tv show and wish it were canceled?
'

I have been tired of it since before it even started.   

[GrouchoTex]

 
If I want to sell my .45 ACP 1911 to my 21 year old son for $100.  Why should I be forced to go to a gun store and have them do a NICS check on him that will cost him at least $125?

The "loophole" is a myth created by the anti gun left and mindlessly repeated by people like you ad nauseam.

Interesting that they want background checks for legal gun ownership, but don't seem too concerned about requiring them for illegal entry into the country.
Photo i.d. required to buy firearms, but not to vote.

Screwed up system we have here.

[txradioguy]

Interesting that they want background checks for legal gun ownership, but don't seem too concerned about requiring them for illegal entry into the country.
Photo i.d. required to buy firearms, but not to vote.

Screwed up system we have here.

Extremely screwed up.  Especially when you think about how these new restrictions that people want to apply takes away or severely limits a persons ability to defend themselves from the illegals that the gun control folks want to let just walk right in.

[Smokin Joe]

Extremely screwed up.  Especially when you think about how these new restrictions that people want to apply takes away or severely limits a persons ability to defend themselves from the illegals that the gun control folks want to let just walk right in.

It's more insidious than that.

TO obtain a firearm I have to produce photo ID and be subjected to a background check (or have been subjected to one). I have to fill out paperwork, under penalty of perjury for wrong answers, to obtain the firearm. At most, well used, for good or evil, that firearm might be the tool to take a few lives.

Yet the same people who assert a host of restrictions on that firearm is good, consider the idea of producing a photo ID to vote to be "racist" and a host of other evil things.

Problem is, while a firearm can be used kill individuals in the wrong hands, the vote can be used to kill a country.

Yep, a screwed up system indeed.

[mrclose]

Bad move.  Most gun sales require background checks; there's no reason not to close the loophole for private sales. 

There is a very good reason!
Any law that is passed by the Government on gun ownership is an infringement and UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

[mrclose]

Yes, I said ... ANY law!