The FAST Approaching Gun Ban

[trish]

Guns not only need to be kept out of the hands of the mentally ill, but also out of the hands of those who threaten domestic violence or have a record of domestic violence. Background checks should be designed to flag such risks.

http://nyti.ms/ZC2Ucs

[Prospero]

Surprise, surprise... democrats in the Senate have dropped the parts proposed legislation which would ban assault weapons because "it doesn't have enough support." Cowardly Republicans in the pickets of the NRA.

The title of this thread should be changed to - how the gun lobby has the American nation by the balls.

[thombergeron]

from a Twitter feed: @billmon1: Senate drops assault rifle ban. Rest will die in House. NRA raised ton $. Gun sales soared. Sandy Hook really worked out well 4 gun industry

[Prospero]

Yep a nation and its madness. Sigh....

[trish]

from a Twitter feed: @billmon1: Senate drops assault rifle ban. Rest will die in House. NRA raised ton $. Gun sales soared. Sandy Hook really worked out well 4 gun industry

Dropping the assault rifle ban may have been the smart thing for Sen. Reed to do. It just gives more conservative Senators (later Congressmen) an excuse to vote against the bill. The best strategy may be to put each item into a separate bill; e.g. a separate bill for background checks and the gun-show loophole, a separate bill for limiting magazine capacity, a separate bill for keeping guns from people with a record of domestic threats of violence, etc. At least then we get to see how the nuts in power segregate themselves among the issues.

[Ben]

Surprise, surprise... democrats in the Senate have dropped the parts proposed legislation which would ban assault weapons because "it doesn't have enough support." Cowardly Republicans in the pickets of the NRA.

The title of this thread should be changed to - how the gun lobby has the American nation by the balls.

NRA Wins Again? Assault Weapons Ban DROPPED

[fivekatz]

Dropping the assault rifle ban may have been the smart thing for Sen. Reed to do. It just gives more conservative Senators (later Congressmen) an excuse to vote against the bill. The best strategy may be to put each item into a separate bill; e.g. a separate bill for background checks and the gun-show loophole, a separate bill for limiting magazine capacity, a separate bill for keeping guns from people with a record of domestic threats of violence, etc. At least then we get to see how the nuts in power segregate themselves among the issues.

Perhaps it is a good political tact but IMHO that was not Reed's motive at all. The Senator is infamous for being in the NRA's pocket.

What is amazing is that public opinion polls on these issues and the willingness for elected officials to buck their great constituencies opinions on guns is a testimony to the power of special interests. Sad commentary on the state of American political realities IMHO.

[robertlouis]

Michele Bachmann says that Obamacare will "literally" kill people.



Good. So healthcare kills but guns don't?

Fuck me sideways.

[trish]

In America "literally" means "not necessarily so."

[robertlouis]

In America "literally" means "not necessarily so."

So Gershwin was really saying "It literally is so" in Porgy and Bess???