Fox Host Doubles Down On Claim Background Checks Financially Harm Minorities, The Poor

Eric Bolling: A Background Check Is “Like A Tax To A Minority ... In A High-Crime Urban Area”

From the October 6 edition of Fox News' The Five:

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ERIC BOLLING: So many guns aren't sold illegally. The vast vast vast majority of guns that are sold, are sold legally. The gun show loophole is, it amounts to a very very small number. Very quickly, though. So you talk about these background checks, they cost money, right? They cost money. So you're going to put a background check on a purchaser, gun purchaser, right? That's onerous. That will, that's like a tax to a minority or someone living in a high-crime urban area. Right? You'll say no. It's not. 

JUAN WILLIAMS: Wait. We pay taxes on clothes, just like you do.

BOLLING: Just allow me to do this. I'm happy you said that it's not onerous for a background check. Is a voter I.D. card that's free onerous to a minority? 

Previously

Bolling Criticizes Background Checks: “Poor People ... Will Have To Make The Choice Between” Buying Guns Or Food

Fox's Bolling Misrepresents President Obama To Falsely Claim “Terror Outweighs The [Threat Of] Mass Shooting”

Missed Target: Fox's Bolling Inadvertently Advocates For Gun-Free Zones

Fox's Bolling Botches Gun “Facts” By Erroneously Linking Mass Murders To Gun-Free Zones