Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is ready to break with the National Rifle Association on background checks. From Greg Sargent:
Manchin voiced his support for universal background checks (with narrow exceptions) this morning in an interview with a West Virginia radio station.
Manchin, from Sargent’s transcript of the show:
I’m working on a bill right now with other Senators — Democrats and Reupblicans — we’re trying to get it, and looking at a background check that basically says that if you’re going to be a gun owner, you should be able to pass a background check, to be able to get that. With exceptions. The exceptions are: Families, immediate family members, some sporting events that you’re going to — that if you’re just going to be using them at the sporting events.
