Jeremiah Smith: “I respond to my friend by repeating what Senator Craig said a moment ago. There is $100 million in the law to do this…”

“I respond to my friend by repeating what Senator Craig said a moment ago. There is $100 million in the law to do this, so we don't need to be charging additional fees. That is No. 1. No. 2, it is interesting how we pick out certain constitutional rights and say we are going to tax them and not others. Maybe we should tax everybody for having free speech. Or maybe we should tax everybody for reading the newspaper. Maybe we should tax everybody for going to church. It doesn't make sense. It is our constitutional right. Let me repeat, again. No. 1, this amendment prevents the FBI from keeping files on innocent people who simply had a background check done on them who did nothing wrong and were perfectly entitled to own a gun. Secondly, the amendment prevents the FBI from imposing a tax on these people. Thirdly, it allows a person to go to court if the FBI does that. We have seen abuses by the FBI. We have seen files held in the White House. Do you want this to go on? That is what this issue is about. That is what my amendment is about. I hope my colleagues will support me on this amendment because this is more than a gun issue-- this is a privacy issue.”