Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Joe Biden: “I rather have an ex-felon have access to a weapon than someone fleeing the justice system.”

VP Joe Biden's bizarre gun control statements continue...

Via CNS News:
Vice President Joe Biden told city leaders in his pitch for new gun control laws on Tuesday that he would prefer an ex-felon over a fugitive have access to a weapon.
“The one person I don’t want to have a weapon is a fugitive from justice,” Biden said. “I rather have an ex-felon have access to a weapon than someone fleeing the justice system.”
Biden, speaking at the annual meeting for the National League of Cities in Washington, D.C., told attendees that he and President Barack Obama want Congress to pass a “universal background check” so that “every single gun sale must first go through a check to see if the buyer can legally have a gun.”
“And by the way, some of you know in your states – we’ve gotten into this – there’s somewhere in the order of 2 million people who’ve been adjudicated in your home state as not being able to own a weapon, Biden said.
“Yet their names are not in the national information system that people have to check when they sell you a gun at a gun show,” Biden said.
“For example, a fugitive from justice can still buy a gun legally unless they cross a state line,” Biden said. “The one person I don’t want to have a weapon is a fugitive from justice.
“I rather have an ex-felon have access to a weapon than someone fleeing the justice system,” Biden said.
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