“The constitutional right of a citizen to own a firearm has nothing to do with race or ethnicity,” Blunt said.

@ShannonBream Race has no bearing on gun purchases. This is ridiculous!

— Malindo (@mesiaindo) September 22, 2014

◼ Sen. Roy Blunt blasts race and ethnicity checkboxes on gun purchase form - Twitchy

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) wrote a letter to the ATF this weekend, demanding to know why the AFT would need to collect data on gun buyers’ race and ethnicity.

.@TheHill reported on my calls for the Obama Admin to explain why it wants/needs racial info about gun purchasers http://t.co/qqWNmkXp11 #2A

— Senator Roy Blunt (@RoyBlunt) September 22, 2014

@ShannonBream my answer "human"

— Doug Adamavich (@DougAdamavich) September 22, 2014

@EmilyMiller What's the stated purpose for those illegal questions?

— Carl Gottlieb (@c_cgottlieb) September 20, 2014