{"id":2378,"date":"2013-04-11T00:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/04\/11\/ccrkba-calls-for-background-checks-on\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:21:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:21:36","slug":"ccrkba-calls-for-background-checks-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2378","title":{"rendered":"CCRKBA Calls For Background Checks &#8230;. On Poiliticians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13771,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ccrkba.org\\\/?p=3209&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ccrkba.org\\\/?p=3209&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccrkba.org\/?p=3209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccrkba.org\/?p=3209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has weighed in<\/a> on universal background checks. Given the higher incidence of crime by mayors associated with MAIG than that of lawful gun owners, Alan Gottlieb makes the suggestion that we should be doing background checks on politicians instead of gun owners.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<br \/>\n<i>BELLEVUE, WA \u2013 \u201cIf politicians want universal background checks, we should start with them,\u201d said Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to recent political scandals in the New York Legislature, which just passed a new restrictive gun control law, where a state senator and state assemblyman were arrested last week, as \u201cone small example.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut look at politics in recent years,\u201d Gottlieb observed. \u201cFrom state and federal scandals, to arrests involving several members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, we have had example after embarrassing example of public officials being charged with violating various laws. Does anyone think former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who had to quit his post over a lewd e-mail scandal, should clear a mental health screening to buy a gun?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you compare percentages,\u201d he continued, \u201cthe rate of criminal activity by politicians is probably far higher than the rate of crimes committed by the general public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat this underscores,\u201d he said, \u201cis the reason gun laws don\u2019t work and never will. People who make the laws we have to live under break them anyway, just like criminals routinely disobey gun laws. Based on their own experience, politicians should know that the gun laws they pass will not prevent crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gottlieb pointed to crooks like former Louisiana Congressman Bill Jefferson, sent to prison after authorities found $90,000 in his freezer during an investigation. He cited former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, now in prison for racketeering and extortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is both sad and disgraceful that the list goes on and on,\u201d Gottlieb said. \u201cThere are politicians with domestic violence problems, others who accepted bribes, some who stole money or were involved in other criminal acts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo wonder citizens are disgusted with politicians and don\u2019t trust them,\u201d he concluded, adding tongue-in-cheek, \u201cAnd these people want to know why there\u2019s a run on guns and ammunition?\u201d<\/i> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has weighed in on universal background checks. 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