Senator Told Shooting Victim’s Mother He Supported Background Checks, Then Voted Against Them

[mollywobbles867]

Shortly before the a crucial Senate vote to expand background checks in gun transactions, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sent a letter to the mother of a shooting victim claiming that he was “truly sorry” for her son’s death and that “strengthening background checks is something we agree on.” A few days later, he voted to kill the background checks bill.

Comments

[tadashee]

Wow. That is so gross. I hope the media drags him for this. Slightly OT, but a lot of my friends are freaking out about how sporting even security is going to change because of Boston. I said it wouldn't because several shootings with legally purchased guns had done nothing. They all got mad at me for comparing guns to a bombing. Um hello, if someone would have background checked aurora- that stuff his therapist said would have come up!

[zinnia_rose]

It takes a special kind of asshole to lie about gun control to the face of a mother who just lost her young child. Fuck him with Legos dipped in lemon juice.

[bananasnrum]

your last sentence. oh my word.

[moonshaz]

What a lying, two-faced asshole. I hope this douche rocket gets thoroughly pilloried in the media for this.

[lord_cellytron]

WHAT A FUCKING ASSHOLE. :D

[wrestlingdog]

Can I steal that line?