Pat Toomey's Arguments Against Universal Background Checks

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According to an article published by The Guardian: Web Edition Articles, the shooter who killed 59 people and wounded 527 in the Las Vegas shooting qualified as a “super-owner” which is someone who owns between 8 and 140 guns. Two senators, Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey, sponsored a bill that would mandate universal background checks for gun purchases, including at gun shows and on the internet. 84% of Americans favored this law. After initial negotiations over the bill, the National Rifle Association opposed the bill and claimed that it would lead to a national gun registry. Four Democrats defected and not enough Republicans got onboard so the legislation failed. “The gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill,” Obama said in a Rose

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