Major Retailers Reject Calls By Prohibitionists To Slow Gun Sales

By Bob Owens

The mass murderer* who attacked a Charleston, SC Church was able to get his firearm due to data entry errors at the local level, and was able to retain it because of bad communications between the FBI and ATF that let him possess the handgun for 62 days before the attack.

Despite these facts, gun prohibitionists in the Democrat Party and Michael Bloomberg’s Moms Demand Action have been attempting to blame “flaws” in the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for the shooting, and have been attempting to bully major retailers in to violating federal law.

So far, the retailers have stood strong in defense of their customers Second Amendment rights:

The nation’s top outfitters and gun retailers have rejected an unusual Democratic request to ignore current gun background check rules and institute their own system that anti-gun advocates believe would slow sales.

Already required to run background checks on gun buyers, over a dozen Democratic senators have asked giants Cabela’s, Gander Mountain, Sportsman’s Warehouse and Bass Pro Shops to block sales to customers whose checks aren’t finished in the required three days.

According to the National Rifle Association, the firms have so far rejected the request.

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Source:: Bearing Arms