Ravin R10 man Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 WASHINGTON -- The Senate failed to muster sufficient support Wednesday for a gun-buyer background check bill that's supported by nearly 90 percent of Americans, voting the measure down in a procedural vote that likely dooms any major legislation to curb gun violence.The measure -- painstakingly crafted by the bipartisan duo of Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) -- was seen as the key to passing the first legislation in decades to address the sorts of mass slaughters that so recently horrified the country in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six educators were gunned down at an elementary school, and in Auroro, Colo., where 12 people were killed in a theater.The amendment failed 54 to 46, falling short of the 60-vote threshold needed to break a filibuster of the measure, even as victims of the Sandy Hook shootings and other shooting watched from the Senate gallery and activists at a vigil outside the Capitol read the names of people slain since then, hoping to prompt action."Shame on you!" shouted two women in the gallery after the vote. One was Patricia Maisch, who grabbed the third clip from the gunman who opened fired at then-Rep. Gabby Giffords in the Tuscon., Ariz., shooting in 2011. The other was Lori Hass, whose daughter was injured in the Virginia Tech shootings six years ago.Passage of the background check amendment had been seen as key because it represented a bipartisan agreement in a highly polarized debate. It also would have preserved a major part of the overall bill that many advocates against gun violence saw as a minimum step toward stemming gun massacres.Stronger measures up for a vote also appeared headed for failure, including a ban of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. The only significant steps that all sides agreed on were stemming illegal trafficking of weapons and improving mental health efforts.The background check measure would have expanded the current check system to cover sales of weapons on the Internet and at gun shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 this same garbage will be back. the libs will not let up. period. keep up the defenses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Gun ban B. C. failed Lmao I also just saw the one if the chairpersons for Obs-care called it a train wreck! Even his own are bailing water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 (edited) Had to laugh seeing Obamma pouting about it. And his puppet in the background with that "walter" scoul on his face..cracked me up... http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z353/snafu100/twodummies.jpg Edited April 18, 2013 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Local station we get out of Memphis on our dtv was scrolling a statement about this this morning with the line reading "an an angry obama........." Yep, he is upset he did not get his way on this. Steve is right, libs will not give this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Gun ban B. C. failed John McCain voted with Obama! May as well forget about McCain's republican bid for 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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