Reid to shelve gun bill

[n2sooners]

(CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will set aside proposed gun legislation on Thursday without a final vote following the defeat a day earlier of major provisions sought by President Barack Obama and Democrats in the aftermath of the Newtown school massacre, CNN has learned.

A Senate Democratic leadership aide said Reid can bring up the package of gun proposals again if circumstances change and he believes he has the votes for key provisions to pass, particularly a measure to expand background checks on gun buyers.

In a major defeat for supporters of tougher gun laws, the Senate on Wednesday defeated a compromise plan to expand background checks on firearms sales as well as a proposal to ban some semi-automatic firearms modeled after military assault weapons.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/18/reid-to-shelve-gun-bill/?hpt=hp_t3

 

[tran]

I am not buying this for a second. They will back up and regroup and try something a little different. Just watch and see.

 

[n2sooners]

It seems to be all about the background checks.

 

[furlong222]

the background checks are just a toe hold....they want and plan for much--much more---have to fight em every step of the way....

 

[berettaman]

it's not about background checks, it's All about the paper trail. The mansion-toomy amendment could have passed if they didn't swear it's not going to lead to confiscation lists and had dropped the requirement to record the serial numbers on 4473's.

 

[Street Rat]

In other words, they're just waiting (dare I say hoping) for the next tragedy so they can bring it back to the table quicker and play on the emotions of ignorant people so they can chip away at our rights.

 

[dru]

In other words, they're just waiting (dare I say hoping) for the next tragedy so they can bring it back to the table quicker and play on the emotions of ignorant people so they can chip away at our rights.

Exactly this.

 

[Old Fart]

In other words, they're just waiting (dare I say hoping) for the next tragedy so they can bring it back to the table quicker and play on the emotions of ignorant people so they can chip away at our rights.

Exactly how I read it also.

"A Senate Democratic leadership aide said Reid can bring up the package of gun proposals again if circumstances change..."

 

[n2sooners]

it's not about background checks, it's All about the paper trail. The mansion-toomy amendment could have passed if they didn't swear it's not going to lead to confiscation lists and had dropped the requirement to record the serial numbers on 4473's.

They will take any expansion of background checks they can get because then they can claim they need more and more information to enforce those background checks until they eventually lead to registration.

 

[Cinaet]

the background checks are just a toe hold....they want and plan for much--much more---have to fight em every step of the way....

I think you're right furlong.