Rhinelander Mayor Backpedals On Background Checks

From the "dog ate my homework file"

The Rhinelander Daily News - Online news and information for the Rhinelander, Wisconsin region:

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:19 AM CST
In ad, Rhinelander mayor urges background checks for all gun sales
BY RICHARD MOORE
OF THE LAKELAND TIMES

The shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has given rise to a new wave of calls for stricter gun regulations, and Rhinelander Mayor Richard Johns was seemingly on the bandwagon last week, with his name attached to a national call for more gun control.

But Johns apparently didn’t know he was on the bandwagon, saying he knew nothing in advance about his name’s appearance in a full-page ad in The Washington Post by the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) calling for mandatory background checks for all firearm sales.

Such checks would compel all gun sales to be conducted through federally licensed gun dealers, meaning citizens would no longer be able to conduct private firearm transactions among friends and family.

Johns’s name appeared as a member of the group, along with four other Wisconsin mayors: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, St. Francis Mayor Al Richards, and West Bend Mayor Kristine Deiss.

The group published the ad as an open letter to President Barack Obama and members of Congress.

Sure, sure, I put my name in the Washington Post every week, Doesn't everyone else? More comments from John's and a good history lesson of the gun control liberals who want to take away our God given rights. See the above link to Richard Moore's article.