Political Quotes

“I would like to reply to my good friend. The Senator is absolutely correct about the reporting requirements, but the reality is that some dealers ignore those requirements. They are totally unscrupulous, negligent, and ignore them. The recordkeeping requirements did not prevent Bull's Eye from losing 200 guns. They went ahead and ignored it. I strongly urge that we allow my amendment. It is but really one sentence. It simply says: On page 8, line 21, before the semicolon insert the following, or an action against a seller that has an established history of qualified products--that is the guns--being lost or stolen, under such criteria as shall be established by the Attorney General of the United States by regulation for an injury or death caused by a qualified product that was in the possession of the seller but subsequently lost or stolen. We have to have a stronger enforcement mechanism than is in the underlying bill. It has to be strengthened. I say to my good friend, I respectfully disagree, and I think the confirmation by this distinguished counsel, Lloyd Cutler, who concluded that had this statute that the Senator seeks been in effect at the time of the snipers, they could have gotten out from under it. Some sellers of guns repeatedly are losing firearms or having guns stolen and that is irresponsible behavior on its face. It has to be regulated, and it has to be regulated by the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the Attorney General.…”