It is a banner day for freedom in America thanks to forty one courageous Republicans and four patriotic Democrats in the U. S. Senate.
They stood up to the will of over eighty percent of Americans who would love nothing better than to oppress a minority group who cling desperately to their rights.
They boldly protected and preserved the rights of convicted murderers, rapists, child predators, drug traffickers, and thieves, violent and nonviolent, and the mentally ill to purchase firearms of any and all descriptions in order to kill you and your children.
This Republican led group of American heroes refused to require these poor, outcast souls to undergo the tortuous humiliation and inconvenience of a background check prior to the purchase of their guns.
And the added insult of not being able to buy one.
Thank God for statesmen like that. I pray that He properly blesses them.
Background checks would make no difference anyway. Felons and mentally ill don't buy their guns from places that require background checks.
Because they don't have to.
All they have to do is run down to the nearest gun show at the local civic center or convention hall. The law does not require background checks at those sales, or on any private sales at all. These sales presently constitute forty percent of the gun sales in the United States.
Forty percent of guns in the United States are purchased from sources other than commercially licensed gun dealers, and therefore, under present law, require no background check and little or no paperwork. . . not a bad set-up for the marginalized criminal minority. Thankfully the Republicans were able to preserve this affirmative action program for the persecuted prosecuted. And the Republicans also struck a blow for the economy and jobs in the same vote by defeating the proposal that would make trafficking in guns illegal, saving thousands of jobs and untold dollars of commerce. That kind of commerce is generally untold and untaxed, another Republican strong point.
And the Republicans aren't stupid. They have seen the writing on the wall. After losing the last two presidential elections because they ignored and offended the growing minorities in America, they have come up with a solid strategy.
They have locked up the vote of convicted felons, of murders, rapists, drug traffickers and thieves, certainly a rapidly growing minority in today's America.
Sure, most convicted felons have lost their right to vote.
Another travesty that the Republicans will be addressing soon.
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I know you said sarcastic, but seriously, with the "Gun Show Loophole"? There is none. Any seller with an FFL has to run the background check with every sale. Private sales between citizens of the same state (in AL anyway) do not require a check. That is it. The vast majority of sellers at gun shows hold an FFL and must run the check. And the whole moronic paragraph about criminals', felons', etc. rights? Really? How much fear-mongering can you do? You, as well as I, know that isn't the case. As for "standing up to the will" of the majority of Americans (even if that were true in this case), it's kind of like when Obamacare was passed, don't you think? You're right, though. This whole blog post was a sarcastic rant based on no fact. You should write for a major paper.
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