[marktwain]

Sure, he could have been even stronger, but the important thing was that he did not grant them their implied assumptions. That is where he won.

Remember, this was on Public Radio, no know for its conservative audience.

[ex-snook]

When Presidents of both parties can take the country to war without a formal declaration of war by Congress, what good is the constitution?

[TigersEye]

Good for him! He makes some very good points. The system we have is not being used efficiently so why bother making more laws? Prosecution of Federal firearms violations is down under 0bummer. If he really cared a rat’s patoot about ‘victims of gun violence’ he could call his AG and tell him to do his job instead of arming terroristic drug cartels.

[familyop]

"He was willing to look at ways to get more information on people with mental problems into the FBI database, but worried about privacy concerns."

Imagine another quarter of the population going nonpolitical. The gun grabbers will then easily outlaw the rest of the population. Republicans fought against conservative family/fathers' rights voters during the '80s, '90s and since. See what happened as a result of those betrayals?

Naw. Never mind. It's no use. I'll just get a lifetime supply of popcorn.

[i_robot73]

Finger to the wind moment, and we’re all to cheer?

Probably another member who’ll wait for a bill to pass/fail before voting whatever makes ‘em look good.

Wake me when they pass a repeal of the Gun Control Act and restore our Rights

[Cyber Liberty]

He certainly talks a good game.

[Cyber Liberty]

I just looked. NRA gives Grassley 92%. McCain rates a measly 50%, and Reid (who the NRA endorsed over Sharon Angle) got 67%.

Clicky thing.

[Dick Bachert]

Good on him. Now if he can only get his fellow senators to actually READ our national charter maybe we can pull out of this mess.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The part them mentioned at the end is extremely important. Grassley is the senior Republican on the Judiciary committee.

For years it was back and forth between Orrin Hatch and Patrick Leahy, but with Arlen Specter being booted out, Hatch was “promoted upstairs” as chairman of the Finance Committee, so he could not also chair Judiciary, even though he is still on the committee.

Hatch long supported the status quo on the death penalty, but Grassley seems to be far more inclined to speed things up.

Grassley is also a firm believer in punishing criminals that use guns, but not in restricting the gun rights of honest citizens.