<< SARAH`S SHOCKING DISCLOSURE
Sarah Brady, Chair of the gun-ban lobby formerly known as HCI, may be in a
little trouble with the law. And the reason why is quite surprising.
According to the March 22 issue of the Daily News (N.Y.), Brady may have
violated the type of gun-control law she and her organization regularly
advocate. In her soon-to-be released book, "A Good Fight," the gun-ban
advocate reveals that in 2000, she bought a hunting rifle at a Delaware gun
shop for her son, who was 18 at the time. And while Brady carefully
describes her experience, and the fact that the store clerk ran the required
background check on her, there is no mention of the store also running a
background check on her son -- a requirement under Delaware state law.
Amy Stillwell, a spokeswoman for the gun-ban lobby that now carries
Brady`s name, explained to the Daily News that federal law does not require
a background check on the son for this type of gift purchase, which is true.
However, Delaware Justice Department spokeswoman Lori Sitler indicated that
if Brady did not disclose the rifle was a gift for someone else, providing
information for a background check on the recipient, then the purchase may
have violated Delaware law. Sitler was quoted as saying, "You can`t
purchase a gun for someone else. That would be a straw purchase.` You`ve
got a problem right there."
This controversy highlights one interesting point. The fact is that
there are already so many laws on the books that regulate firearms that even
the nation`s foremost advocate of passing more laws may not be able to keep
track of what is already on the books. NRA-ILA Executive Director James Jay
Baker commented, "We hope that it`s innocuous and there`s been no laws
violated."
Some, no doubt, will be shocked to learn of the firearm purchase by
someone like Sarah Brady. NRA-ILA`s Baker observed, "It`s obviously
interesting that Sarah would be purchasing firearms of any kind for anybody,
given her championing of restrictive guns laws for everyone." Considering
that she and her organization regularly claim that "the safest thing [to do]
is not to keep a gun in the home," one wonders whether her son follows his
mother`s advice? Or maybe he simply follows long-established firearm safety
and storage practices that keep responsible gun owners and their families
perfectly safe when they keep firearms in their homes. And there are also
the Brady warnings about "children" and firearms. These gun-ban lobbyists
regularly include individuals as old as 19 (and sometimes older) in their
statistics for "children." >>
Russ, NCNE