Senate passes bill

Johnny45 · Post by **Johnny45** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:54 pm

One for the good guys. The senate voted today to pass the Lawful Commerce in Firearms Act. The antis are just screaming!http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050729/ap_ ... enate_guns

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:28 pm

Excellent

question though..

The Senate also brushed aside a Kennedy amendment that would have banned hollow-tipped, so-called "cop killer" bullets.

if that would have passed, would it mean we wouldnt have access to hollow points?

Glock and dagger · Post by **Glock and dagger** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:24 am

You guys want to know what is funniest about the voting roll call? Feinswine didn't even put her 2 lincolns in to try to stop it.

What that tells me is she threw her arms up in surrender, or she is throwing a temper tantrum right about now.

Can you here us, now?!?!? Gooood!

uperrsc · Post by **uperrsc** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:15 pm

Aaron wrote:if that would have passed, would it mean we wouldnt have access to hollow points?

Actually, I think most hunting cartridges would be outlawed by the Kennedy amendment, since high power will defeat the typical LEO vest.

I send our pathetic Senator DeWine an email letting him know that I would not forget his NO vote (the ONLY) republican NO vote by the way.

Glock and dagger · Post by **Glock and dagger** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:42 pm

I send our pathetic Senator DeWine an email letting him know that I would not forget his NO vote (the ONLY) republican NO vote by the way.

Actually, he wasn't the only one. Chafee from RI also did.

And actually, neither of them are Republicans... I don't care what letter falls behind their name.

uperrsc · Post by **uperrsc** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:08 pm

oops, you're right..... thanks for the correction

Johnny45 · Post by **Johnny45** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:29 pm

Can you here us, now?!?!? Gooood!

I really like that!!

Petrovich · Post by **Petrovich** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:40 pm

In the years since the gore defeat I have developed the impression that the democratic party consists of liars. Not only do they lie, they will stoop to the lowest levels to advance their agenda.

There is no compromising with those people....even when a compromise might be the best option. You cannot compromise with unscrupulous people. If you give an inch they'll take a mile. They must be fought decisively on ALL fronts and absolutely no quarter given.

If you have cancer your doctor doesn't remove half the tumor does he??? No, his goal it to remove ALL of the tumor because he knows that to cure the disease he has to be aggressive.

williampelish · Post by **williampelish** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:12 am

DJ Senate Hands NRA Victory, Passes Gun Liability Shield -2-

Reed said the number of lawsuits brought against the gun industry has fallen in recent years, and "there is no threat to procurement."
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., responded to Frist's assertion that the Defense Department might have to buy firearms from foreign manufacturers.
Kennedy said "the bulk of contracts to arm our country's military and law enforcement are already held by foreign manufacturers based in Austria, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Jordan and Belgium."
For example, Austria-based Glock makes sidearms for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the New York Police Department and others.
The bill passed 65 to 31.
The bill would allow lawsuits if a gunmaker or dealer knowingly violated federal or state laws related to gun sales. Likewise, suits could also be brought for so-called reckless entrustment, such as selling a gun to a child or an obviously intoxicated person.
The bill, however, would prevent suits against gun makers and dealers for injuries resulting from a third party's criminal acts.
"This NRA-supported legislation would end reckless, predatory, and potentially bankrupting lawsuits against the gun industry filed by greedy trial lawyers and the gun-ban lobby," said Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action.
Reed said the bill would shield negligent and reckless gun dealers and makers.
For example, Reed said the bill would have blocked the lawsuits brought against Bull's Eye Shooter Supply. Bull's Eye is the Tacoma, Wash., gun dealer where snipers apparently shoplifted a three-foot-long assault rifle used to kill 10 people in Washington, D.C., in 2003.
"These are innocent victims, these are our neighbors," Reed said.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, countered that in the Bull's Eye case, the "gun seller was found to have violated the laws that are required to be met. I believe under our bill that those people would be able to (sue)."

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STUGOTSIG · Post by **STUGOTSIG** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:31 pm

I send our pathetic Senator DeWine an email letting him know that I would not forget his NO vote (the ONLY) republican NO vote by the way.[/quote]
+1 I hope he realises he's just lost a re-election