{"id":2406,"date":"2013-04-01T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/04\/01\/sen-jeff-flake-bridge-too-far\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:21:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:21:30","slug":"sen-jeff-flake-bridge-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2406","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Jeff Flake &#8211; &#8220;A Bridge Too Far&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13852,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nbcnews.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nbcnews.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13853,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.msnbc.msn.com\\\/id\\\/3032507&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13854,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.msnbc.msn.com\\\/id\\\/3032072&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100304114625\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.msnbc.msn.com\\\/id\\\/3032072&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 22:20:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 07:24:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 17:45:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 17:45:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13855,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/news.yahoo.com\\\/mayors-against-illegal-guns-air-ads-during-congressional-160300286.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/news.yahoo.com\\\/mayors-against-illegal-guns-air-ads-during-congressional-160300286.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13856,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/mayorsagainstillegalguns.org\\\/html\\\/media-center\\\/pr_20130323.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13857,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.gpo.gov\\\/fdsys\\\/pkg\\\/BILLS-113s480is\\\/pdf\\\/BILLS-113s480is.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.gpo.gov\\\/fdsys\\\/pkg\\\/BILLS-113s480is\\\/pdf\\\/BILLS-113s480is.pdf&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nSen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) was a guest on NBC&#8217;s Meet The Press along with the odious Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Among the questions they discussed with Chuck Todd of NBC was gun control. Schumer gave the usual answers but as you can see in the video below, Flake called universal background checks &#8220;a bridge too far&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: transparent; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 420px;\">\nVisit NBCNews.com for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; color: #5799DB !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breaking news<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; color: #5799DB !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world news<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; color: #5799DB !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news about the economy<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/mayors-against-illegal-guns-air-ads-during-congressional-160300286.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Flake is one of the senators that is being targeted by Mayor Bloomberg&#8217;s Illegal Mayors<\/a> in their $12 million ad campaign. <a href=\"http:\/\/mayorsagainstillegalguns.org\/html\/media-center\/pr_20130323.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAIG was out front<\/a> about hoping to influence Flake&#8217;s vote on gun control issues. That he has come out saying that universal background checks are a no-go for him is good news.<\/p>\n<p>He is one of the co-sponsor&#8217;s of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/BILLS-113s480is\/pdf\/BILLS-113s480is.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S. 480 &#8211; NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013<\/a>. This bill aims to clarify the mental health exclusions to firearms ownership. <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) was a guest on NBC&#8217;s Meet The Press along with the odious Sen. 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