your state. unfortunately in many, many states, the more rural states, some of the gun organizations have made people afraid of any gun legislation as they claim each one will lead to the taking away of your gun. it so happens the background checks would not affect law-abiding gun owners. i believe in the second amendment. i think there is a right to bear arms and i don t think liberals are right when they say it only applies to malicious, and i was saying that before the heller amendment. on the other hand, this bill only affects people who are felons, who are adjudicated mentally ill, who are spousal abusers. if you re a law-abiding gun owner this isn t going to interfere with your rights but some of these gun organizations, the nra in particular, they can t win on the merits of the arguments so they scare people and that s what they ve done here. having said that, if you represent one of these rural states they think if you vouch for this it is going to end up taking away your gun.