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CARTOON: Gun Rights -- A Matter Of Checks And Balances! (Original Post)
napkinz
Apr 2013
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(17,199 posts)1. just to add ...
F THE NRA!
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(17,199 posts)2. Statement of Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Statement of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chair Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Failure of U.S. Senate to Pass Gun Background Check Legislation
Apr 17, 2013
Todays vote is a damning indictment of the stranglehold that special interests have on Washington. More than 40 U.S. senators would rather turn their backs on the 90 percent of Americans who support comprehensive background checks than buck the increasingly extremist wing of the gun lobby. Democrats who are so quick to blame Republicans for our broken gun laws could not stand united. And Republicans who are so quick to blame Democrats for not being tough enough on crime handed criminals a huge victory, by preserving their ability to buy guns illegally at gun shows and online and keeping the illegal trafficking market well-fed. Senators Manchin and Toomey as well as Majority Leader Reid and Senators Schumer, Kirk, Collins, McCain and others deserve real credit for coming together around a compromise bill that struck a fair balance, and President Obama and Vice-President Biden deserve credit for their leadership since the Sandy Hook massacre. But even with some bi-partisan support, a common-sense public safety reform died in the U.S. Senate at the hands of those who are more interested in attempting to protect their own political careers or some false sense of ideological purity than protecting the lives of innocent Americans. The only silver lining is that we now know who refuses to stand with the 90 percent of Americans and in 2014, our ever-expanding coalition of supporters will work to make sure that voters dont forget.
Read more: http://www.demandaction.org
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/home/home.shtml
Apr 17, 2013
Todays vote is a damning indictment of the stranglehold that special interests have on Washington. More than 40 U.S. senators would rather turn their backs on the 90 percent of Americans who support comprehensive background checks than buck the increasingly extremist wing of the gun lobby. Democrats who are so quick to blame Republicans for our broken gun laws could not stand united. And Republicans who are so quick to blame Democrats for not being tough enough on crime handed criminals a huge victory, by preserving their ability to buy guns illegally at gun shows and online and keeping the illegal trafficking market well-fed. Senators Manchin and Toomey as well as Majority Leader Reid and Senators Schumer, Kirk, Collins, McCain and others deserve real credit for coming together around a compromise bill that struck a fair balance, and President Obama and Vice-President Biden deserve credit for their leadership since the Sandy Hook massacre. But even with some bi-partisan support, a common-sense public safety reform died in the U.S. Senate at the hands of those who are more interested in attempting to protect their own political careers or some false sense of ideological purity than protecting the lives of innocent Americans. The only silver lining is that we now know who refuses to stand with the 90 percent of Americans and in 2014, our ever-expanding coalition of supporters will work to make sure that voters dont forget.
Read more: http://www.demandaction.org
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/home/home.shtml
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