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From: tejek5/16/2011 1:53:35 PM
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Fix Gun Checks

Keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people

The NRA’s annual convention is an unlikely place to find support for gun reforms. But when Meghan McCain -- conservative blogger and daughter of Sen. John McCain -- recently attended the convention with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, their conversation reached some unexpected common ground.

It’s the same consensus that Mayors, law enforcement officers and gun owners all across the country have reached about keeping dangerous people from getting guns. But it’s surprising to see it unfold in just a couple of minutes in a truly unusual setting.

During the interview, McCain calls herself a “member and enthusiast” of the NRA. She also says that Tucson shooter Jared Laughner is “someone who should never have gotten his hands on a gun,” adding, “I agree with better background checks.”

That’s no surprise: bipartisan polling shows that 4 out of 5 gun owners support background checks on all gun sales. But the gun lobby’s leadership opposes these commonsense measures to keep dangerous people from buying deadly weapons.

And as Maddow points out, more than 200 people on the terrorist watch list were legally allowed to buy guns last year. It’s not surprising that a survey by Republican pollster Frank Luntz found that 82% of NRA members support closing this Terror Gap.

Yet the gun lobby’s leadership opposes these common sense reforms.

You don’t often see media figures from the left and right reach an agreement on a contentious issue. But when it comes to gun reforms, the consensus is clear – and this video shows just how easy it is to find common ground on fixing our broken system.

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Mayors Against Illegal Guns

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