We hear almost daily horror stories about qualified persons
being delayed or denied firearms purchases because the existing
background check system regularly provides either bad, or no
information on a buyer. As a result, the Oregon State Police
routinely place excessively long delays on many buyers and have
even informed dealers that they are at risk if they obey the
law and allow the transaction after the 3 days. Both Oregon
and Federal law allow a firearms transfer to take place if there
is no denial within three days, but because of the false information
the State Police have given many dealers, few are willing to
risk the transfer, although it is lawful and they CANNOT be
held liable if the transfer was done lawfully.
Yet the NRA is insisting that this failed system be massively
expanded with HR
2640. That's bad enough, but now a prominent NRA board member
has endorsed an openly anti-gun candidate for president. NRA
Board member and second
vice president David
Keene has endorsed
Mitt Romney in spite of Romney's repeated attacks on gun owners
and his promise to do so again if elected.
As Governor of Massachusetts Romney supported and signed a ban
on semi-auto firearms. In a recent interview
he said he would support a similar ban nationally. He also claims
he would ban weapons of "unusual lethality" which
could be any hunting rifle you have. He supports the gun registration
that comes with background checks and believes that the current
system is "instant," something too many Oregonians
know to be nonsense.
David Keene, according to NewsMax, will automatically become
president of the NRA in three and a half years.
OFF does not endorse or oppose candidates, however we believe
it is critical that gun owners know that an important and prominent
leader of the National RIfle Association has endorsed a candidate
who is responsible for some of the worst gun laws in the nation
and promises to support more in the future.
Sadly here we have another NRA board member,Joaquin Jackson,
who argues against civilian ownership of modern firearms:
Here with the help of an NRA interviewer he tries to backpedal
on what he said to Texas Monthly:
