I have some fundamental problems with the article you cited, 'Gel. Mainly with this sentence:
"Under the existing system, more than 40% of guns are purchased without a background check." They throw out a number without pointing to a source. Some searching turned it up... from the early 90's, based on a shaky survey. http://factcheck.org/2013/03/guns-acquired-without-background-checks/ But it sounds good, right? How about this next paragraph, this one written by me: Also, while 86% of respondents to the poll said they would favor background checks, 50% of registered voters disapprove of how the Obama administration is handling the gun control issue... and only 43% approve. Only 55% think that new legislation can be passed without interfering with gun rights. Furthermore, approval of background checks has actually declined over time, even among democrats. Those statements are factually true according to the survey. So is the fact that of those polled, party lines broke out 36% independent, 33% democrat and 23% republican. So a stale data point to sell the concept, data that doesn't look all that much like a representative sample and data that looks somewhat out of place based on other answers. Forgive me if I yawn. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why the background bill check failed: > http://www.businessinsider.com/why-background-check-bill-failed-2013-4 > "The failure of the background check bill is baffling. The > bill<http://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=968>, > authored by two Senators with 'A' ratings from the NRA, would have extended > background checks to sales at gun shows and all Internet sales, while > exempting most private transactions between families and friends. (Under > the existing system, more than 40 percent of guns are purchased without a > background check.) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363021 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
