Showing posts with label gun control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gun control. Show all posts
Friday, 5 July 2013
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Friday, 22 March 2013
Read this: what are the prospects for gun control bill getting passed in any recognisable form?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/22/gun-control-nra-assault-weapons
As a further threat, there have been dark whisperings of a possible ruse by Republicans to pack the Reid bill with pro-gun rights amendments that would turn the legislation on its head, transforming the bill from a measure to tighten gun regulations post-Newtown into a panacea for a gun-owning free-for-all. One such provision being mooted would require all 50 states to recognise concealed carry permits from other states – New York, for instance, would be forced to allow a man with a permit from Arizona to carry a hidden gun in its bars.
"That's an old favourite legislative strategy – to add poison pills to a bill that would make it difficult to support and that way kill it," Vernick said.
As a further threat, there have been dark whisperings of a possible ruse by Republicans to pack the Reid bill with pro-gun rights amendments that would turn the legislation on its head, transforming the bill from a measure to tighten gun regulations post-Newtown into a panacea for a gun-owning free-for-all. One such provision being mooted would require all 50 states to recognise concealed carry permits from other states – New York, for instance, would be forced to allow a man with a permit from Arizona to carry a hidden gun in its bars.
"That's an old favourite legislative strategy – to add poison pills to a bill that would make it difficult to support and that way kill it," Vernick said.
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Persuasion: Obama vs gun lobby and Congress
Obama seeks American support to pressure Congress on gun control http://gu.com/p/3d7h8
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