Sens. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are threatening to filibuster gun-control legislation, according to a letter they plan to hand-deliver to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office on Tuesday.“We will oppose the motion to proceed to any legislation that will serve as a vehicle for any additional gun restrictions,” the three conservatives wrote in a copy of the signed letter obtained by POLITICO.
let's take a look, the progressives seemingly don't have enough votes to pass gun laws they know this so why waste taxpayer money and time by filibustering something that won't fly, just like they did last month and the guy was approved again atthe loss of taxpayer money.
people are getting sick of republican political postering especialy now that they don't achieve that which they are trying to stall, wasted garbage on the hiouse floors and seats.
Reid plans to bring up a gun-control measure that focuses on broadening background checks and cracking down on interstate gun-trafficking after the current Senate recess.Conservatives are concerned that once that bill reaches the floor, amendments could stiffen restrictions on gun control.Moreover, they understand that Reid intends to allow liberal amendments that would limit clip capacity and ban certain assault weapons to be offered — even though they would be defeated — to give Democrats a chance to vote on them. For moderate Democrats in competitive states, that amounts to an opportunity to vote no and show allegiance to gun rights.
the right wing circus clowns are again ignoring without even a mention the 90+% who do want these bill to pass, they are showing "we the people their middle fingers, let's show them the bottom of our boots 2014. worrying about a hypothetical scenario makes you a half cocked shoot first and f there are any questions later, ignore them.
they would authorize 1,000 round clips if they existed, translation 1,000 of "we the people are walking around with bulls-eye on our backs.