Orion_70 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Arrrggh, looks like we lost this one Bloomberg needs to go!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Kudos to Sen Thune for introducing this. Of course with the current makeup of Congress and the Obama Administration, any type of pro 2nd Amendment legislation is doomed to failure. But from a political standpoint, it's always good to get your opponents on record as opposing the Constitution, especially something as important as one of the Articles in the Bill of Rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldksnarc Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Yes, it was stripped from the bill. Even though it passed 58 votes for and 39 votes against. But, since it didn't have a 60 vote majority it was stripped because Chuck Schumer (D-NY) promised a filibuster if it wasn't removed. (In today's milquetoast Senate, just the threat of a filibuster is treated as an actual filibuster.) See http://www.realtree.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88411 I guess 58% isn't as good as 51%: "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTF Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Hey, Bloomburg said it best. "It would allow criminals a free pass to bring guns across state lines" Geesh ! I never thought of that ! Uh... Who are the criminals ? Legal gun permit holders or outlaws who couldn't have a gun permit to begin with ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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