Earlier this week I rebutted Rep. Paymar’s letter regarding HF953 “Gun Registration Bill”
In his letter he clearly states:
HF 953 DOES help law enforcement. The Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association supports this bill as do individual law enforcement agencies.
The emphasis is mine but the words are Paymar’s. Yesterday after looking into the claim that the MNCPA supported the bill, I received this response.
The Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association sent a letter to Citizens for a Safer Minnesota stating we give limited support of this bill. The issues we had concern about were Nics checks a requirement at gun shows.
We are not participating in the process to have this bill passed. If you have further questions, you may contact our Executive Director Harlan Johnson.
They don’t support the complete bill and especially the background checks at gun shows. Since the background checks at gun shows and private sales is the bulk of the bill, I’m not sure a statement saying they support the bill is very accurate.
If law enforcement doesn’t see the purpose of the bill or agree with it, who does support the bill besides extreme gun grabbers.
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