Support for gun control wanes as Rand Paul threatens new filibuster on topic
Politico reports, Senator Rand Paul along with Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are threatening to filibuster gun-control legislation, according to a letter they plan to hand-deliver to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office on Tuesday.
“We will oppose the motion to proceed to any legislation that will serve as a vehicle for any additional gun restrictions.”
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MSNBC, of course, interviews a victim’s parent as an expert on gun control–constitution be damned.
All of this is happening as the public’s appetite for gun control is waning…
(CBS NEWS) Support for stricter gun control laws stands at 47 percent today, down from a high of 57 percent just after the shootings. Thirty-nine percent want those laws kept as they are, and another 11 percent want them made less strict. (No word yet on Congress taking action to fulfill the demands of 67% of the American public to tour the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory…)
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I am truly this man lost his child. On the other side I feel that it’s my right to bare arms to protect my children. This man can not be someone we look at to lead us to stricter gun regulations because he can not possibly be in his right mind because of his trauma. We the people see the bigger picture and we need to protect ourselves from the government and from the criminals. Stricter gun regulations will not help those things.
* I am truly sorry this man lost his son.
Thanks–I’m glad you mentioned that. I don’t mean to make light of his terrible situation.