Good news! But, of course, they’ll make another run at it.
http://theweek.com/article/index/242882/gun-control-what-doomed-the-senates-background-check-bill
Alaska’s Senators Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski both voted with the majority. This is NOT a reason to support either one of them.
Mark Begich said he would vote with his party leadership if the vote was close. So much for being a constitutionalist on guns. He’s up for re-election next year, Alaskans. This is yet another reason to vote against him.
Lisa Murkowski has always been anti-gun. Her votes in the Alaska Legislature shows that. She has voted circumspectly in the Senate, but she really wants to vote for gun control. This is another reason to get her out of OUR delegation, Alaskans.
Grassley has a common sense approach to this situation. Focus on mental health databases and school security issues. Controlling people is harder than controlling guns, but it may well be more effective than burdening law-abiding citizens with unconstitutional laws.
Husband thinks that any succeeding votes will be weaker for the gun grabbers. If anybody thinks this is about gun safety, they need to look at history and the value of life to our Democrats and our president.
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I agree. The emotion from Sandy Hook is dying down. I’m about to post on that, actually.
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