Great line from Bill Clinton

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32. Conservatives Use Clinton Speech To Pretend Background Checks Are Required For Every Gun Sale

http://mediamatters.org/mobile/blog/2013/08/28/conservatives-use-clinton-speech-to-pretend-bac/195648
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Responding to Clinton's comment, Fox News contributor Erick Erickson facetiously wrote on his RedState.com blog that Clinton had "called for the elimination of background checks to purchase guns." Erickson claims that "purchases of firearms in every state must go through a firearms background check" and thus concludes that since one "does not even need photo identification in every state to vote... I take this statement to mean Bill Clinton wants background checks for gun purchases eliminated."

At TownHall.com, fellow Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich similarly wrote:

Clinton's words came in reference to voter identification laws being passed all over the country which require voters to show government issued photo identification in order to vote. Federal gun laws also require people purchasing firearms to show government issued photo identification. In addition, firearms purchasers are required to undergo a background check.

In fact, under federal law background checks are only required on those who seek to purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer; no such check is needed for those who buy them from private sellers, including at gun shows and online.
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