Lee Amendment to Block Gun Control - Call Today

[Dale00]

The Senate will vote tonight on the Lee Amendment. Call or contact Coburn and Inhofe to support this. If it passes, a 2/3rds majority vote of the Senate will be required to pass gun control legislation.

GOA Alert:

Senator Lee to Offer Amendment Tonight to Ban Most Gun Control in the Senate

We realize it’s short notice, but we wanted to alert you that, later tonight, Senator Mike Lee of Utah intends to offer an amendment to the budget resolution that would prohibit any gun control legislation which does not have a 2/3 vote in the Senate.

We know, we know. We would prefer to prohibit any and all gun control, even if it had 100 votes.

But if the Lee amendment is passed, the practical effect will be that gun control can never again pass the Senate.

Given the Armageddon-like fight which we are now engaged in in the Senate, achieving a gun-control peace for the rest of our lifetimes would be a good thing.

ACTION: Contact your Senators. Ask them to vote for the Lee amendment which would require a 2/3 vote for the Senate to impose any gun control.

You may Click here to use The Action Center, or you can call your Senators since time is short. The number for the Senate is 202-224-3121.

 

[Dale00]

GOA report:

Senate staffer says “gun grabbers were livid” and “DiFi was pissed”

On Friday, GOA asked you to contact your Senators and urge them to support the Lee amendment which would require Senators to muster 67 votes before adopting gun control legislation. You responded to the call, and the results were very encouraging.The good news is that a majority of Senators supported the Lee amendment by a 50-49 vote. The bad news is, since the Senate rules requires 60 votes, the Lee amendment fell ten votes short....

Senators Inhofe and Coburn both voted, "Yea."

 

[dennishoddy]

Good deal. Needs to go to the house now?

 

[Dale00]

Good deal. Needs to go to the house now?

Unfortunately, no. I should have put the bad news upfront instead of at the end:

The bad news is, since the Senate rules requires 60 votes, the Lee amendment fell ten votes short....

 

[Fredkrueger100]

That really is sickening that it didn't pass. Really is disheartening to see that many people want gun control. What a shame.