{"id":5820,"date":"2013-02-06T20:11:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T02:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=5820"},"modified":"2013-02-06T20:11:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T02:11:29","slug":"universal-background-checks-are-supported-by-91-percent-of-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/furg\/universal-background-checks-are-supported-by-91-percent-of-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal background checks are supported by 91 percent of Americans."},"content":{"rendered":"

WATCH: A Republican Whose Nephew Was Killed In Aurora Explains In 80 Seconds Why We Need Stronger Gun Laws | ThinkProgress<\/a> <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hard to think of a position that\u2019s more mainstream than Hoover\u2019s. Universal background checks are supported by 91 percent<\/a> of Americans and 92 percent<\/a> of Republicans. One of the only groups that publicly opposes universal background checks are the NRA\u2019s lobbyists.<\/p>\n

If Congress succeeds in passing universal background checks and other commonsense gun laws, it will be because it\u2019s not a polarizing issue, but one that\u2019s nearly universally supported.<\/p>\n

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HOOVER: We\u2019ve had so many issues over the years, so many killings, and for us just to say we\u2019re not going to do anything is unacceptable, because we\u2019ve been doing nothing up to this point. We\u2019ve been given the right to own and bear arms, but we also need to show that we are responsible in how we deal with the gun issue. We need a framework to say that we need background checks on every individual that buys a gun. If you are a reasonable and responsible gun owner\u2014as I am, and I\u2019ve grown up hunting, shooting, my daughter, I take her out shooting\u2014she\u2019s been taught that with the right comes responsibility. Nobody wants somebody to purchase a firearm that shouldn\u2019t have a firearm. And that includes sales that happen currently on the Internet, and private sales. It\u2019s just responsible. This is not something about [Republican and Democrat], this is about doing what\u2019s responsible and right for our communities and our country. If anybody can be prevented from getting that phone call that I got at 2:37am from my sister, it\u2019s worth it. You gotta stop this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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