In my judgment--consistent with the Second Amendment and consistent with a responsible gun owner's right to own a gun, we should give the Attorney General added discretion to deny a gun purchase to somebody who meets certain parameters, similar to the parameters for the 'no-fly list' or the 'terrorist watchlist.'
Jeh Johnson supports giving the Attorney General discretion to deny gun purchases based on certain criteria.
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I'm a former law enforcement officer. I have spent much of my career as a law enforcement officer. I will enforce the law. I will do what it takes to secure our border.
How can you vote for someone for president who is under four different federal, criminal – four different felony indictments, who may well be convicted of a serious felony by Election Day?
He is moving the goalpost. He and his supporters would rather have this issue as a campaign issue than to actually take the opportunity that Lankford and Murphy have presented them to solve the problem.
The legitimate case to be made here is: How can you vote for someone for president who is under four different federal, criminal – four different felony indictments, who may well be convicted of a serious felony by Election Day?
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