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Speaking on the floor after the House bill was tabled, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said the House Republicans aren't playing the game. There's more public support for stricter background checks for gun ownership than for repealing the Affordable Care Act, she said, but Democrats are not bringing the government to the brink of a shutdown over it. "What would everyone think on the other side of the aisle if we just decided, well, you know, we're going to shut down the government if you don't pass background checks on guns? It's what the American people want," she said. "That's not the way we legislate. That's not the constitutional framework our founding fathers put together. There would be outrage that we would try to shut down the government over background checks on guns."
Ok, do it. LOL, can't do background checks, gov't closed! My state checks to the state police anyway, keep on selling. Private sellers would be hugely unimpacted.
Untrue. If NICS is unresponsive, there's a default "go ahead and sell" clause after so many days. A de facto mandatory waiting period for anyone without a CCW permit, sure.
