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COMMENTARY Don't Weep for the Background Check Bill by DAVID G. WILSON During these troubled times it is so refreshing to glean a bit of good news law is already in place but convicted felons buy or otherwise obtain from the daily press. It seems Tea Party darling, U.S. Senator Kelly Ayette, guns of all sorts at will anyway. Another category of persons on the list a Republican from New Hampshire, would be those who have been has lost some serious popularity determined to be of unsound among her constituency following mind. These would be people who her vote opposing a senate gun have been thoroughly evaluated purchase background-check bill. In in a psychiatric examination and fact Senator Ayette voted with 46 have had their right to purchase of her colleagues against cloture, and own a firearm denied by thus preventing an up-or-down vote a legal proceeding. A lawful on the bill itself. New Hampshire person who says strange things folk, (my brother-in-law is one) are or has a peculiar style of dress mostly a no-nonsense, practical sort or hair could not be denied their and they saw the proposed gunsecond amendment right for gun control legislation as a good thing, ownership. In fact, our founding or at least something that should fathers did not even consider have come to an up-or-down vote that possibility. Considering the in the senate. So Sen. Ayette is now number of American citizens who threatened with the likelihood of routinely exhibit one or more of being voted out of her senate seat by these characteristics, it would be a formidable Democrat opponent, absolutely unworkable to test and popular New Hampshire Governor try a significant portion of this Maggie Hassan. part of the population for gun"I oppose the unchecked proliferation of assault weapons in private hands and the But in a larger sense was the now ownership evaluation and thereby liberalization of laws allowing folks to walk around with some kind of hand gun, either DOA proposed background check reduce the number of gun-related bill really worth all the fuss? Be sure concealed or otherwise." — Dave Wilson massacres perpetrated by the of this, I am for anything that will emotionally unstable. curb gun violence. Most importantly, I oppose the unchecked proliferation So do not fret over the defeat of the background-check bill. It would not of assault weapons in private hands and the liberalization of laws allowing have made a significant difference and would have simply provided the NRA folks to walk around with some kind of hand gun, either concealed or with more "see, they are going to take away our guns before they invade our otherwise. My thinking on this is that the more guns at hand when any homes" mantra. "They" being our government, so you see how around the disagreement occurs raises the probability of a shooting exponentially. This bend some in our country are going. Citizens of North Carolina need to be thesis is borne out by the daily firearm deaths of 35 to 40 people in the deeply concerned about the foolishness happening in Raleigh. The Republican United States, primarily by use of hand guns. controlled legislature is proposing laws that greatly liberalize gun toting. We The proposed background-check bill was seen as a start. It would at need that? Whom does this benefit? The benefit is for no one except the least be some kind of response to the Newtown massacre. But background Republican state legislators who can garner votes from their checks, as proposed, would really not have reduced or prevented any of constituents who feel some degree of DAVE WILSON, Contributing the firearms-related deaths that occurs each day in our country. To get nakedness if they ain't carryin'. Writer, COMMENTS? Editor@ on the "do-not-sell" list a purchaser would be a convicted felon. That upandcomingweekly.com. Celebrate Mother's Day 484-0261 Sirloin Steak with Salad and Baked Potato 1304 Morganton Rd. Mon-Sat: 6am-10pm Sun: 7am-2:30pm $11.95 Banquet rooms available up to 100 guests Serving Fayetteville Over 50 Years! Put Up & Coming Weekly's Pocket Guide In Your Pocket! Fayetteville, Ft. Bragg & Cumberland County's "First Responder®" for local information & hospitality! By scanning the QR code you will be saving the 2013 Pocket Guide directly to your Smart Device for easy 24/7 access to local information. This is NOT an APP. This is an Adobe pdf file that is best viewed with Acrobat Reader. For more information call 484-6200 or visit www.upandcomingweekly.com. WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM SCAN THE CODE! MAY 8-14, 2013 UCW 5