You think Obama hasn't instituted gun control by backdoor means? This violation of the Constitution needs to work it's way to the Supreme Court. --- TOMBALL, Tex. (CBS Houston) â Ron Kelly is a retired Army veteran. He used to fire tanks, cannons, and machine guns while fighting for the United States. However, when he applied to the FBI for the right to purchase a .22-caliber rifle from Wal-Mart, the FBI denied him, citing a minor drug possession conviction back in 1971. Kelly was still in high school at the time, and was reportedly sentenced to just one year probation. Two years later, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. âI went on to serve 20 years,â Kelly told the newspaper Stars & Stripes. âI had a top-secret clearance. It is amazing that they wonât let me buy a gun for a misdemeanor 42 years ago.â He added, âI am ashamed of the way my government has treated me.â Background checks are required by federal law for anybody wanting to own a gun, and over 881,000 people in Texas have had background checks prior to purchasing firearms this year alone. Only a few, including Kelly, have been rejected. When he was told by Wal-Mart that he did not pass his background check, he applied a second time â and was once again denied. Despite the setbacks, he plans to keep fighting. âI am not going to give up,â Kelly told Stars & Stripes. âI want to have a gun.â http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/07...n-due-to-42-year-old-misdemeanor-drug-charge/
Pretty pathetic. And he wasn't just a vet but also served 20 years. Can't buy a .22 because of a 40+ yr old misdemeanor. Sheesh.
That's got to eliminate a lot of people for Obama if all it takes is a misdemeanor somewhere in your past.
That's probably 40% of America at one time or another. This is the same thing Hitler would do if he were alive today vs then. I keep telling you guys obama is Onazi. I'm not joking around when I call him a nazi. This government is tee totally out of control, and the people in charge of it are tyrants, nothing more. Our Founding Fathers would demand an uprising to remove these tyrants immediately. This is EXACTLY what the 2nd Amendment was written for...
The patriot act comes up for renewal in 2015. Maybe after the 2014 elections we can raise enough of a stink to get this and other crap stopped.
What difference will it make if we get a bunch of Rubios and Paul Ryans? Lying sell-outs who will backstab us the first time someone waves money at them.
I think its a tough call. Because bush and the republicans were so bad in so many ways. the country swept a bunch of democrats and a socialist into power. So while we can't handle much more of what we have now... could we stand 4 years of sell out repubs being replaced by even more socialists? I do not know the anwser.