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"I am convinced that as these things are discussed, that we're going to come out about where we have come out in the past," National Rifle Association president David Keene said at a breakfast meeting with reporters Thursday. But the NRA is not where it was in the past, not even the recent past. Specifically, 1999. It is going to start lobbying to block legislation to require universal background checks on gun purchases, and Keene is confidently predicting they'll win.

In a May 27, 1999 congressional hearing, NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre listed the many things his organization found "reasonable." The NRA no longer finds some of them reasonable. Among the things LaPierre said:

1999: "We think it 's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone..."

"We think it 's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone..." 2013: "My problem with background checks is you're never going to get criminals to go through universal background checks." He added that universal background checks -- meaning not just at gun dealers, but at gun shows and private sales -- would be too much of a burden for the average citizen. "None of it makes any sense in the real world!"

1999: "We think it 's reasonable to make gun show instant checks just like gun store instant checks..."

"We think it 's reasonable to make gun show instant checks just like gun store instant checks..." 2013: "I do not believe the way the law is working now, unfortunately, that it does any good to extend the law to private sales between hobbyists and collectors."

1999: " We think it's reasonable to support the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act."