Expanded Background checks fail in Senate (Muslim, security, community, medical)
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Well since the "will of the people" is the new benchmark for congress to consider when voting, 67% opposed Obamacare before it was passed and 75% oppose it now. A quick vote should rectify the problem.
And most Americans - well over 60% - oppose illegal immigration and any type of amnesty. I hope congress keeps that in mind.....
Reid distanced himself from this issue.
He should have rejected Feinstein's amendment totally.
Several prominent Dems voted NO.
And....?
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There was more on the table then just "expanded background checks".
If that were the ONLY item voted on then it just might have passed.
But that was pretty much the only item the press and the President kept talking about over and over
You clearly didn't, I watched the entire process yesterday. There was about 10 separate votes on each individual amendment. The background check amendment was voted on as just that, there was absolutely nothing else attached to it, and the GOP idiots still shot it down.
You mean the dems flipped the middle finger to the public when clearly 90% of the people wanted this to happen?
The NRA is completely owns the guns manufactures and the politicians. Most gun companies offer NRA memberships or send out NRA info with their guns and have them on their websites. Hell many gun clubs and ranges require you to be an NRA member just to even go there.
They use propaganda and other BS to get as much money from the gullible as they possibly can.
So everything in that video was untrue and a red herring?
Seems like you're favoring the intellectually lazy approach rather than looking at group dynamics.
People are smarter than you think. They have the ability to look at issues in an interconnected fashion, rather than the room temperature IQ folks who would look at them in isolation.
It's pretty shameful of you to make fun of somebody who was a victim of gun violence, but I guess that is the standard M.O. of a few "gun enthusiasts". I heard Rand Paul say that Obama trots out Newtown parents as "props", but the President makes a good point: why can't the Newtown parents (who are citizens), voluntary voice their opinion. Apparently, it is not okay for people who have been victims of gun violence to voice a pro-gun control opinion.
I mentioned this before and I suppose I will again. It was voted down not for what was in it so much but for the fact that people do not trust the government when it comes to their constitutional rights.
Stop posting misinformation. Many people are no better than the politicians who proposed this CRAP. It was much more than just background checks. I bet none of the idiots studied or read this just like Obamacare.
What else was attached to the 'expanded background checks' proposal? Other issues were on separate proposals
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