John McCain’s Second Amendment Memory ‘Loophole’
During a town hall meeting in Yuma County, Arizona Republican Senator John McCain responded to a question about the ATF/DOJ Fast and Furious scandal:
“It should not be so easy for these people to come and buy guns in the United States and send them down to Mexico.”
McCain added:
“I am a staunch advocate of the second amendment — don’t get me wrong I have a perfect record from the NRA — but we need to do what we can to make sure someone can’t come to a gun show or some place and exploit a loophole.”
What McCain means by “loophole” is his desire for background checks on all gun sales at gun shows. Currently, private citizens can sell guns without a FBI background check, unlike licensed gun retailers who are required to do so. Herein lies McCain’s…er…lie.
In his 2004 senatorial campaign, the NRA gave McCain a “C” grade. This improved to “B+” for McCain’s 2010 senate run. One grading criteria is support for continued protection of private gun sales.*
Let’s not forget McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance “reform,” which primarily benefited Democrats and restricted the NRA’s First Amendment rights during the election season.
Most grading scales consider a “B+” to be around 87-89.9% correct. “Perfect” would be 100%.
In the 2010 elections, the NRA gave 9 senators and 14 congressmen A+ grades, which means:
A legislator with not only an excellent voting record on all critical NRA issues, but who has also made a vigorous effort to promote and defend the Second Amendment.
This doesn’t describe John McCain. Hey John, are your pants smoking yet?
* Must be NRA member to access grading archives.
I’ve always wondered why McCain’s proboscis was so prominent. Now I know.
McCain and Obama are real cozy with each other having the same goals to strip the second amendment away one layer at a time.
I believe John lost the primary to Bush based on his gun control stance that he either didn’t clarify or, as noted about, just was on the wrong side. It is also curious that his response above doesn’t take the Obama admin to task for F and F but sounds more like a Democrat in training trying to deflect the question.
And a C- rating from GOA, which is up from his D- a few years back.
John McCain is a loose cannon. No one can predict ahead of time which side of an issue John will land on. It appears that its the side that will get him the most mug time on TV. He has always been a 2nd Amendment bigot. He used to in the late 90′s appear in short segments in movie theaters pushing extreme gun control. Then they started a recall in Arizona but the attackes on the trade buildings waylayed it. You can’t trust John fr a minute.
As if a perfect grade from the NRA would mean anything, anyway.
Keep in mind, they gave an “A” to the governor of Montana who….just vetoed Constitutional Carry after it passed the house and senate there.
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