Angie Craig: “One other issue I think is important: The President did something the other night that is the most radical expression on…”

“One other issue I think is important: The President did something the other night that is the most radical expression on gun control by any President in the history of this country--I think that is worth repeating--the most radical proposal on gun control by any President in the history of this country. Here is what he said: Every state in this country already requires . . . automobile drivers to have a license. I think they ought to do the same thing for handgun purchases. Mr. President, it is obvious you don't understand. What the President failed to grasp is that no State requires a license to purchase a car. If you want to have it hauled home to your ranch out in Wyoming and you stay on your ranch and you never get off on the public road, you, Senator Craig Thomas, do not need a license to own a car. You need a license to drive a car on a public right of way, on a public road. States do not require a license to drive a car except on public roads. That is the whole point the President made. The average American scratches his head and says, yes, license cars, license guns. But the President said you had to have a license to buy a gun, a direct statement of violation of the second amendment of our Constitution. I can understand why Americans are frustrated, but I doubt the President has had a driver's license, maybe a valid one, in a long while. He has not needed one.”