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Purrfessor

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8. Ingraham's statement is ridiculous given her position on background checks for firearms...
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 05:16 PM
Apr 2013

Laura Ingraham: "But it is interesting that at this moment -- we are considering legalizing or giving regularized status to millions of people. Pretty much none of them have gone through any rigorous background checks, to have a temporary status in the United States. We can't stop every attack, but my goodness, if we had borders that were shut down and we actually had a proper screening process, maybe we could stop some of them."

Interesting she said this: "We can't stop every attack, but...maybe we could stop some of them."

But when it comes to background checks prior to buying guns she is among those who say unequivocally that since criminals and those who should not have guns do not follow the law there is no need for background checks.

Is she saying it is acceptable for Americans with guns to kill other Americans, but unacceptable for foreigners with bombs to kill Americans (of course we do not yet know who carried out the Boston bombing)?

And if background checks help decrease the number of bomb makers why wouldn't they help decrease the number of illegal gun purchasers?

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