{"id":13698,"date":"2013-04-17T12:33:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T19:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=13698"},"modified":"2013-04-17T12:33:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T19:33:39","slug":"interesting-times-for-gun-contollers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/17\/interesting-times-for-gun-contollers\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting times for gun contollers — UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, well, well. Getting interesting for the hoplophobes today.<\/p>\n

The turncoat Gottlieb has turned coat in another direction<\/a>. He’s withdrawn his support for Manchin-Toomey because, you know, those bad, bad politicians weren’t faaaaaaaiiiiir<\/i> to him. They uuuuuuuuused<\/i> him.<\/p>\n

Yeah. Like somebody who’s been in the lobbying biz for decades would be so very shocked at that.<\/p>\n

With Manchin-Toomey going down the tubes<\/a>, the R-party has felt the need to rush in with a last-minute substitute proposal (pdf) from Chuck Grassley, Ted Cruz, et al.<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s slightly longer than the M-T botch and I haven’t read it with a magnifying glass. But despite the verbage about universal registration<\/del> background checks in the bill title (which I believe is just an artifact referring to the original bill, which this proposes to amend), quick searches using the terms “background,” “NICS,” and “transfer” show no ban on private sales.<\/p>\n

Don’t quote me on that; wait ’til the Second Amendment lawyers weigh in. I’m an amateur at bill reading and one of my life’s goals is to remain one. Do love political theatrics, though.<\/p>\n

This is turning into quite the drama. Not to mention putting the word “cloture”<\/a> back in our vocabularies for the first time since high school civics class.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE:<\/b> It looks as if everything — everything! — the gun banners want is getting voted down<\/a>. That link is to an open thread with updates and who voted for what. <\/p>\n

Even the R’s last-minute substitute bill collapsed. In several cases, Dems (particularly from the don’t-touch-my-guns states like Montana and Alaska) voted against gun control in significant numbers.<\/p>\n

Reid will almost certainly pull the whole freakin’ mess.<\/p>\n

This doesn’t mean universal gun-buyer registration is dead. No telling what tricks these tricksy folks have up their sleeves for later. But they sure did get flummoxed for now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, well, well. Getting interesting for the hoplophobes today. The turncoat Gottlieb has turned coat in another direction. He’s withdrawn his support for Manchin-Toomey because, you know, those bad, bad politicians weren’t faaaaaaaiiiiir to him. They uuuuuuuuused him. Yeah. Like somebody who’s been in the lobbying biz for decades would be so very shocked at that. With Manchin-Toomey going down the tubes, the R-party has felt the need to rush in with a last-minute substitute proposal (pdf) from Chuck Grassley, Ted Cruz, et al. It’s slightly longer than the M-T botch and I haven’t read it with a magnifying glass.…<\/p>\n

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