Posted April 1, 2019 2:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File

It’s funny.

Right now, a lot of gun owners are upset that the National Rifle Association was willing to pressure the Trump administration to ban bump stocks–something they see as an anti-gun position–regardless of any arguments presented as to why they took that route.

Meanwhile, anti-gun officials are still upset that the NRA won’t compromise with them. The latest example is Rep. Tim Ryan.

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) discussed the need for gun control and criticized the National Rifle Association’s refusal to meet with lawmakers about basic gun safety measures.

Ryan spoke at the Heartland Forum in Iowa on Saturday about a number of issues, including suicide prevention and gun control.

“I support background checks, I support researching this, I support closing the Charleston loophole, I support keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists or people who are on the terrorist watch list,” Ryan said at the Storm Lake forum. “So all of the comprehensive firearm reforms that are out there, I strongly support.”

The congressman, an avid hunter, was once a member of the NRA but said he left over the organization’s inability to address gun violence.

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Source:: Bearing Arms

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