NRA's response to RINO's delight Senate deal on background checks...

I agree 100%. Jared Loughner passed a background check. James Holmes passed a background check. Adam Lanza stole his guns from his mother, who passed a background check, after he murdered her. Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho passed a background check before obtaining a gun and killing 32 people. The Columbine shooters purchased their guns illegally. There is no reason to believe any of these massacres would have been prevented or mitigated by increased background checks. This is the wrong solution for the problem. We shouldn't impose on American's second Amendment rights for a law that wouldn't be effective for the problem that initiated it.

Via NRA:

Expanding background checks at gun shows will not prevent the next shooting, will not solve violent crime and will not keep our kids safe in schools. While the overwhelming rejection of President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg’s “universal” background check agenda is a positive development, we have a broken mental health system that is not going to be fixed with more background checks at gun shows. The sad truth is that no background check would have prevented the tragedies in Newtown, Aurora or Tucson. We need a serious and meaningful solution that addresses crime in cities like Chicago, addresses mental health deficiencies, while at the same time protecting the rights of those of us who are not a danger to anyone. President Obama should be as committed to dealing with the gang problem that is tormenting honest people in his hometown as he is to blaming law-abiding gun owners for the acts of psychopathic murderers.

Shamefully, Manchin and Toomey have named their Second Amendment rights restricting bill 'The Second Amendment Rights Protection Act.'