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Democratic Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor should have his head checked when it comes to background checks

When talking about whether or not he'd support a Democratic initiative to make background checks on gun purchases mandatory, Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor said the following on the radio show The Alice Stewart Show:

"You know, I'm a Second Amendment guy, everybody knows that. People in our state are very strong believers in the Second Amendment and the right to gun ownership."

When the topic turned to mental health, Senator Pryor insinuated that he was in favor of not enforcing stricter gun control measures on those whom are deemed seriously mentally ill, but to make such measures more lax.

A report from Mayors Against Illegal Guns found that "millions of records identifying seriously mentally ill people and drug abusers as prohibited purchasers are missing from the federal background check database because of lax reporting by state agencies." Senator Pryor's bill would only exacerbate this trend.

In response to the report, Pryor said, "I don't listen to [New York City Michael Bloomberg] on these issues, I listen to Arkansas."

Apparently not, as a recent poll showcased that 84% of Arkansas residents believe background checks should be made mandatory on all gun purchases. In Senator Pryor's demented world, to listen to 16% of Arkansas is to listen to the majority of Arkansas. Yes, this is one reason why I'm a strong supporter of increasing funding for our education system...

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/02/1809891/democratic-senator-touts-bill-to-allow-patients-involuntarily-committed-for-mental-illness-to-purchase-guns/
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