Coburn: Congress Should 'Eliminate the Recordkeeping' on Guns in the U.S.

Crooks and Liars writes, Click here to view this media Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) on Sunday said that Republicans would block any effort to extend background checks to include private firearms sales unless Congress agreed to "eliminate the recordkeeping" on guns in the United States. Coburn, who is one of four senators working for a bipartisan bill to expand background checks, recently refused to comment to The Washington Post about his position on keeping records on private sales, saying that "I don’t negotiate through the press." But on Sunday, the Oklahoma senator drew a line in the sand. "I don't think we're that…

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