Filibuster Ends After GOP Agrees to Allow Gun Control Votes: Senator

[sugartitty]

Senate Democrats ended a nearly 15-hour filibuster early Thursday after Republican Party leaders reportedly agreed to allow votes on two proposed gun control measures.

Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, said that a compromise had been reached. Votes would be held on whether to ban people on the government's terrorist watch list from

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[chaya]

whether to ban people on the government's terrorist watch list from obtaining gun licenses and whether to expand background checks to gun shows and internet sales,

why

is

this

so

divisive

[moonshaz]

Because the NRA.

They raise hell about ANY law that has to do with access to guns, regardless of how logical and sensible it may sound to the rest of us. Because, THEY claim, anything short of ANY person being able to obtain ANY kind of weapon at ANY time, for ANY reason is a threat to the second amendment. (Which it's not, but try and tell the NRA that. RME)

The NRA is absolutely disgusting.

[chaya]

No arguments here.

[mhfromnh]

because the NRA receives money from the manufacturers for every gun sold. they don't care who it's sold to.

[tabaqui]

If they don't pull some stupid shite with this vote, or try to water down the language, or any other thing, I will be very, very surprised.

[pairatime]

My guess they'll do a voice vote and fine it failed to pass (which even Murphy said it wouldn't), that way they get what they want and no one is on record of voting against it.

[invisiblegirlx]

Good. But my question is why the fuck haven't the Democrats been doing this all along?

[mhfromnh]

anybody watching this moron from Texas in the House? he knows some words, but doesn't seem to know what they mean.

and now he's quoting the Daily Fail.