Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Some Senate Republicans cave on new background checks.

"Under the terms of the agreement, background checks for gun buyers would expand to gun shows and online sales — a huge portion of gun sales that are made without the background checks used by gun stores — and will maintain record-keeping provisions that law enforcement officials find essential in tracking criminal gun use, but which gun rights groups find anathema.

The bill would modify the current measure, which will receive a procedural vote on Thursday, in other key ways. For example, the background checks provision would extend to fewer gun buyers than many gun control groups, and some Democrats in the Senate, would like. Inter-family sales, for instance, would be exempt from the checks."

Interfamily sales are exempt? Whooptydo. This is just more gun registration for the purpose of gun confiscation. Let's hope Republican leaders slap these Republicans down and provisions down. This is a good reminder that bipartisan is a four letter word.