- Oct 20, 2013
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All you've done here is remark that both Republicans AND Democrats both shot down gun control bills. Well, congratulations, you've wasted everybody's time telling us precisely what the OP and the OP's link already said.After a quick read of your little link I read this
The result was expected. A fifth option, set to be introduced and voted upon as early as Tuesday by moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins, has generated more optimism, but still faces long odds at passage.
So moderate Republicans were open to gun legislation but right wingers shot it down.
And then I read this: Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat who sponsored one of the failed measures expanding background checks, reacted angrily after his provision was defeated.
"I'm mortified by today's vote but I'm not surprised by it," Murphy said Monday evening. "The NRA has a vice-like grip on this place."
I remember this bill last year. Republicans have decided to sell weapons to ISIS.
Outspoken liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren echoed his sentiment after the votes.
".@ChrisMurphyCT said it right: The @SenateGOP have decided to sell weapons to ISIS," she tweeted.
So you tell us why Republicans shot this down.
Maybe the reason why Republicans shot down a Democrat gun control bill, is because Democrats shot down 2 Republican gun control bills.
The main thrust of all this though, is that it is commonly assumed by liberals (fostered by the liberal, fake news media) that only Democrats support gun control legislation, and that isn't correct.