I think. frankly. we ought to say that if you come into this country as our guest. not as a citizen of the United States. that we are going to restrict your right to purchase a firearm. You are not a citizen of our country. we have a right to impose such restrictions on you. So here is what we do: We say to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. send over. through your computers. the names of those who are in this country legally on these visas. we will put them into our background check. If this individual had shown up at a gun store and said. "I want to purchase a gun." they would put his name in the computer. And if he came up as a nonimmigrant visa holder. not a citizen of the United States. they would have said. "No". and had they said no to this man. several Americans might be alive today. I dont think that is an unreasonable requirement. In considering this amendment.
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