{"id":34548,"date":"2013-03-13T18:18:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T22:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=34548"},"modified":"2013-03-13T18:18:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T22:18:04","slug":"expanded-background-checks-fails-in-washington-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34548","title":{"rendered":"Expanded background checks fails in Washington State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The big money battle in Washington State played out when gun control proponents couldn&#8217;t summon the votes to expand background checks to private sales yesterday. From <a href=\"http:\/\/seattle.cbslocal.com\/2013\/03\/13\/washington-gun-control-bill-fails-in-state-house\/\">CBS<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gun buyers currently must undergo a background check when they purchase a weapon from a federally licensed firearms dealer. Pedersen\u2019s proposal, crafted in conjunction with Republican Rep. Mike Hope, would have extended such reviews to cover private gun transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Hope, a Seattle police officer, had expressed concern that criminals have been bypassing the current system of background checks and acquiring guns through private transactions. He said the proposal won\u2019t stop gun violence but would make it harder for criminals to get weapons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, well, you don&#8217;t prevent crime by regulating the law abiding public. Criminals are buying guns from each other, so regulating sales between private citizens won&#8217;t help much. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Proponents of gun control had recently formed a coalition to lobby on behalf of the background checks plan. Christian Sinderman, a political consultant who aided the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility, said it was a stark reminder of how hard it is to get votes on the issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, when the voting public punishes politicians who needlessly restrict them in their day-to-day lives, it should be hard. How about mandatory sentencing guidelines for people who commit crimes with a gun? How about stricter guidelines for reporting people who have mental problems\/criminal history to restrict them from buying guns? But, it&#8217;s easier to restrict the law abiding population because they&#8217;re ones who obey the law, aren&#8217;t they?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big money battle in Washington State played out when gun control proponents couldn&#8217;t summon the &hellip; <a title=\"Expanded background checks fails in Washington State\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34548\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Expanded background checks fails in Washington State<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-grabbing-fascists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}