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Brady Firearm Brouhaha - Part II
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"...[T]here are already so many laws in America that regulate firearms, that
even the nation`s foremost advocate of passing more laws and the people
charged with enforcing those on the books may not be able to keep track
of them..." |
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Sarah Brady, Chair of the gun-ban lobby formerly known as HCI,
apparently broke no law when, as revealed in her recently released book,
she bought a hunting rifle at a Delaware gun shop for her son, who was
then 18. The Daily News (N.Y.), which ran a March 22 story saying Brady
may have skirted Delaware law, has issued a retraction after the
Delaware Department of Justice told the paper that the Department had
misinterpreted the law in talking to its reporter.
This flap highlights one interesting point, however. The fact is that
there are already so many laws in America that regulate firearms, that
even the nation`s foremost advocate of passing more laws and the people
charged with enforcing those on the books may not be able to keep track
of them.
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"...[I]t
would not benefit Brady`s anti-gun agenda to report her own experience
with problems caused by NICS..." |
But this story remains at least moderately controversial, as there is
some dispute over the accuracy of Brady`s published account of her
purchase. According to an
exclusive NRALIVE.com
interview with the gun
store owner who completed the transaction, Brady may have injected a bit
of fiction into her autobiographical story about her efforts to ban
firearms in America.
While the store owner wishes to remain anonymous, he did tell
NRALIVE.com that the
claim in Sarah Brady`s book that her purchase was
"approved immediately" and "[t]he system was working" is not true.
According to the gun dealer, the day Brady came into his shop to
purchase a high-powered rifle, the
National Instant Check System (NICS)
was down, causing a tremendous backlog of customers. Of course, it
would not benefit Brady`s anti-gun agenda to report her own experience
with problems caused by NICS, as that would simply bolster NRA`s
contention that the system is flawed and needs to be overhauled.
This is not the only issue that leads to diverging accounts of Brady`s
experience, though. In her book, Brady claims that the dealer tried to
draw attention to her presence in the shop, claiming "he spoke
unnecessarily loudly, repeating my name over and over on the phone."
But the store owner claims that he didn`t do anything to draw attention
to the identity of his ironic customer, and because of the problems and
delays involving NICS, Brady wasn`t even present when her background
check was able to be run.
Of course, the idea that Sarah Brady may not be 100% truthful in her
book should come as no real surprise. Both she and her organization are
well-known for putting out extremely misleading and grossly inaccurate
information in order to further their not-too-well-hidden gun-ban
agenda.
Related Stories...
More about the Gun-Ban Lobby
Sarah's Shocking Disclosure (Mar. 2002)
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