Did Rep. Duncan Compare Gun Background Checks to Rwandan Genocide?

UPDATED: The story now includes Duncan's spokesperson's response. 

Amid the Congressional debate on background checks related to the purchase and acquisition of guns, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R - 3), appeared to compare such measures to the cause of the Rwandan genocide in the 1990s.

In a lengthy post on his House Facebook page this morning the second-term Republican said that the Second Amendment should be defended as vigorously as all the others. 

He also said that prior to the genocide in Rwanda, "Tutsi tribe members were required to register their address with the Hutu government and that this database was used to locate Tutsi for slaughter at the hands of the Hutu."

According to Human Rights Watch more than 500,000 people were killed in the slaughter.

Duncan has been a vocal defender of gun rights, inviting gun manufacturers in states that have passed strict gun laws to relocate to South Carolina.

Duncan's full Facebook statement is attached to this article.

Allen Klump, Duncan's spokesperson, told Patch that he was referring to the use of national databases, not background checks, in his post. Klump cited the portion of Duncan's post that said, "I use this example to warn that national databases can be used with evil consequences."

Duncan's full Facebook statement is attached to this article.

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