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Republicans against sensible gun laws

Republicans against sensible gun laws

Posted on by jack

Once again, Republicans take a stand against sensible gun laws.

Previously this stance against was taken against a proposed sensible gun law which proposed closing the gun show loophole so buyers cannot evade background checks by buying a gun shows or online.

Just last month, the Senate defeated an amendment to a bill which would similarly close this loophole.

This week the President is suggesting an executive order which would do much the same thing. Republicans are again opposed. Perhaps not all but a number of politicians have spoken.

Senator Toomey and a sensible gun law

Senator Toomey and a sensible gun law

Posted on by jack

I don’t often agree with U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). But this time I do. He renewed his attempt of a few years ago to make our gun laws a bit more sensible.

A few years ago, Senators Toomey and Manchin proposed their sensible gun law after the massacre of school children in Newtown, CT. This was rejected and the sad story is in my post – Sensible gun laws lose

A few days ago, after the San Bernadino mass shooting, the Senate once again rejected the Manchin-Toomey proposal to make background checks universal.

The same day the Senate also rejected a plan to allow the government to delay delay firearms sales to suspected terrorists for up to 72 hours.

Neither universal background checks nor these delays allowing extended background check will stop all gun violence but these sensible gun law changes do make it a bit harder for the bad guys and may save lives.

I don’t think the Senators defeated these commonsense measures to make life easier for the bad guys, but that is what they did.

Criminal background checks, Commonsense and the Senate

Criminal background checks, Commonsense and the Senate

Posted on by Jack

“I don’t consider criminal background checks to be gun control, I consider them to be common sense.”


These are the words of Senator Pat Tommey before the Senate decided not to require background checks at gun shows.

It has been almost month now since most Republican Senators and some Democrats opposed this commonsense measure despite overwhelming public support and I’m glad to see that Mayors Against Illegal Guns is running ads to remind voters about this.