Rep. Boehner and Gun Organizations
New House Majority Leader Boehner (R-OH) is a good friend of the gun owner, as reported in the NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert Vol. 13, No. 5.
Newly-elected House Majority Leader, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), has long been a champion of the Second Amendment, consistently earning "A" ratings from NRA's Political Victory Fund. The other new member to the leadership team, Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), who won the contest for Republican Policy Committee Chairman, is also a stalwart defender of the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
However, as reported by David Codrea last week, Gun Owners of America give Rep. Boehner a "B" grade.
I did my own check on Rep. Boehner's gun record and didn't find too much objectionable over the last 4 years, with the exception of his "yes" vote on H.R. 418, which gave authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the required information that goes into (state-issued) drivers' licenses, including biometric data like:
- retina scans
- fingerprints
- DNA information
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) radio tracking technology
There were no prohibitions against requring firearms ownership status to be included.
Basically, H.R. 418 would establish a national ID card, and by law, this information would be shared with Canada and Mexico.
Tags: Gun Control , 2nd amendment , Guns
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