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<blockquote data-quote="deerwhacker444" data-source="post: 2080275" data-attributes="member: 9117"><p>WTF is this guy thinking..?</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/01/25/tom-coburn-talking-with-democrats-about-background-check-bill/?wprss=rss_politics" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Link...!</strong></span></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is working with Democratic senators on a bill that would mandate background checks for all gun buyers, with some limited exceptions.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In an interview Friday with a Tulsa television station, Coburn said he is working with Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Joe Manchin III (D-W. Va.) on plans to keep weapons away from criminals and the mentally ill.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Coburns office didnt immediately respond to requests for comment, but other Senate aides familiar with the negotiations confirmed his involvement. If a deal involving Coburn pans out, his ruby-red Republican reputation would lend significantly to any bipartisan effort to draft gun-control legislation.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>I think theres lots of good things that can happen in terms of mental health screening and checks, Coburn told KRMG-TV Friday. If you transfer your car, you have to have a license to transfer, it has to go through that. Thats a responsibility of freedom. I have no problems with us making sure that we dont allow guns to get in the hands of either felons, or people who are a danger to themselves or other people. Im willing to work with Manchin and Schumer on that, and going to.</strong></p><p></p><p>Manchin, a moderate Democrat with an A rating from the National Rifle Association, has also recruited his close friend, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), to help with the background check legislation. Kirk, who is much more moderate than Coburn and hails from a state suffering from urban gun violence, also plans to unveil legislation next week with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) to make illegal gun trafficking a federal crime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerwhacker444, post: 2080275, member: 9117"] WTF is this guy thinking..? [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/01/25/tom-coburn-talking-with-democrats-about-background-check-bill/?wprss=rss_politics"][COLOR="#0000FF"][B]Link...![/B][/COLOR][/URL] Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is working with Democratic senators on a bill that would mandate background checks for all gun buyers, with some limited exceptions. [B] In an interview Friday with a Tulsa television station, Coburn said he is working with Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Joe Manchin III (D-W. Va.) on plans to keep weapons away from criminals and the mentally ill.[/B] [B]Coburns office didnt immediately respond to requests for comment, but other Senate aides familiar with the negotiations confirmed his involvement. If a deal involving Coburn pans out, his ruby-red Republican reputation would lend significantly to any bipartisan effort to draft gun-control legislation.[/B] [B] I think theres lots of good things that can happen in terms of mental health screening and checks, Coburn told KRMG-TV Friday. If you transfer your car, you have to have a license to transfer, it has to go through that. Thats a responsibility of freedom. I have no problems with us making sure that we dont allow guns to get in the hands of either felons, or people who are a danger to themselves or other people. Im willing to work with Manchin and Schumer on that, and going to.[/B] Manchin, a moderate Democrat with an A rating from the National Rifle Association, has also recruited his close friend, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), to help with the background check legislation. Kirk, who is much more moderate than Coburn and hails from a state suffering from urban gun violence, also plans to unveil legislation next week with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) to make illegal gun trafficking a federal crime. [/QUOTE]
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