{"id":62240,"date":"2017-02-23T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=62240"},"modified":"2021-02-16T07:56:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T13:56:28","slug":"bad-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=62240","title":{"rendered":"Bad Information"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Erin Maye-Quade sent this bit out to her constituents earlier this week:<\/p>\n

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Looks familiar, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

It’s the same, precise set of fallacious claims made by The Reverend Nancy Nord Bence a few weeks ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neither of the bills would “eliminate” the permit to carry. \u00a0That’s not the point, of course, so we’ll let that slide for now.<\/p>\n

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Neither bill will eliminate background checks for purchasing firearms. \u00a0Having a card saying you’ve got a clean background is more or less irrelevant; if a cop has time to see a card, they’ve got time to run your driver’s license or car’s license plates and make sure you’ve got a clean record themselves. \u00a0The carry permit does nothing but price the right to self-defense out of reach of working-class people.<\/p>\n

And the last paragraph is gibberish. \u00a0Guns sold online\u00a0have\u00a0<\/em>to go through a licensed firearm dealer, lest they break a slew of federal and state laws on both ends. \u00a0Every firearm\u00a0sold at a gun show in Minnesota gets a background check already. \u00a0And the only thing separating a legal and illegal personal transaction is the participant’s honesty and willingness to tell the government what they’re up to. \u00a0Criminals don’t, and never will. \u00a0It’s not that complicated.<\/p>\n

For most of us.<\/p>\n

Rep. Maye Quade is either:<\/p>\n