Gun Violence

Dear Congressman Wittman!

Who do you represent? Who are you voting for?

Ninety percent of voters in the United States support strengthening gun purchase background checks. You must agree that 90% is a big number. It is real close to all of us. It is well above the usual political divide. One has to believe that your Virginia Congressional District # 1 has to have similar number. It can’t be that different from the rest of the country. So, your voting base is in that number.

So, please explain your votes.

On February 27th, 2019 you voted “No” on HR 8 “Gun Background Checks”. This Bill will (It was approved.), if passed by the Senate, “…expand federal background checks on prospective gun buyers by extending the requirement to transactions on the internet and between private parties at venues, including gun shows and parking lots. This Bill will exempt sales between family members and will waive background checks for transfers for hunting and when a purchaser faces great bodily harm.”

On February 27th, 2019 you also voted “No” on an amendment to HR 8 above. This bill passed and will, if approved by the Senate, ..”.require reporting of undocumented immigrants to ICE when the National Instant Criminal Background Check System detects they are attempting to buy a firearm.”

On Feb 28th, 2019 you voted “No” on HR m2 “Time for Background Checks”. This bill passed and will, if passed by the Senate, “…increase fr.om three business days to 20 business days the maximum time for deferring firearms sales when FBI background checks on buyers have not yet been completed. If the matter remains open after 20 business days the sale would automatically take effect.”

Given the horrendous number of gun killings in the U.S. each year, some of them kids inside our schools and some by people who should not have guns in the first place, shouldn’t you make some move to thwart the carnage? Each of the above bills may have some impact on keeping guns out of the wrong hands, while allowing those who have a valid right and reason to gun ownership to complete their transactions.

Yet in the face of overwhelming public support for “Yes” votes you voted “No” on all of these bills. Why?

So, let me repeat the questions, who are you representing and who are you voting for?