WASHINGTON — The prospects of passing an important part of President Barack Obama’s gun control agenda improved a bit on Tuesday when a House Republican announced his support for universal background checks for firearm purchases.
“I think the idea of background checks across the board, I’m not opposed to them,” Rep. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “And I disagree with people who say that this is going to be the first step to gun registration, which leads to gun confiscation. Look, about 40 percent of folks already undergo background checks when they get their guns. And that information is purged after a short period.”
“Too many people just want to discount everything out of hand. And you can’t. You’ve got to have a thoughtful discussion,” he added. “You’ve got to look at what the definitions of each of these things are and how they will be applied before you say: ‘I’m against universal background checks, or I’m against this, or I’m against that.’ Look, we have a problem. Let’s figure out the best way to address the problem. And to me the problem is…. making sure an individual who shouldn’t have a weapon of any type – because they have a propensity to commit a violent act – doesn’t get their hands on that weapon.”
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