Rand Paul: If Liberals Want Waiting Periods For Gun Purchases, I Want ‘Em For Laws (VIDEO)

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If people should have to wait through those pesky background checks before they can buy a gun (provided they don’t have the time to drive to the nearest gun show that is), Congress should have a waiting period before it passes legislation. That’s Rand Paul’s stance, anyway.

In an appearance on Hannity last night, Paul bravely answered tough questions about how great he is from softball pitcher and former Alan Colmes co-host Sean Hannity. It was during talk about the 1994 Contract With America — both men seemed to agree it was a good thing — that Paul suggested that if liberals want conservatives to agree that gun laws should be enforced, they ought to be fine with the idea of vetting all laws through some kind of Constitutional litmus test presumably administered by Paul and his allies if and when he makes it to the Senate.

“They tell me you need to wait to buy a gun,” Paul said. “I tell them they need to wait before they pass legislation, read the bills.”

“Pretty good line,” Hannity said in response.

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