Thank you, Callers!

Minnesota: Gun Show Bill Temporarily Stalls in Committee
Because of your calls and emails to members of the Crime Victims/Criminal Records Subcommittee, NRA gained a temporary victory over House File 2960. The bill was tabled due to the lack of support, but anti-gun State Representative Michael Paymar (DFL-64B), despite strong opposition from NRA members and pro-firearm advocates across Minnesota, has pledged to push on with this dangerous legislation and will seek to add it as an amendment to another piece of legislation on the House floor.
HF 2960 would force private sales at gun shows to go through background checks. Gun prohibitionists, like Representative Paymar, falsely claim that a large number of criminals get their guns from gun shows; however, the most recent federal study on gun shows put the figure at only 0.7 percent. This effort is a stepping stone for gun control advocates seeking to ban all private sales, even among family and friends.

(Note: I notice the NRA is taking credit for this "victory", but it isn't the NRA who won: It's We, the People, who have won this skirmish in the war to keep our guns. So please, give yourself a big pat on the back and an "atta boy". )