The Toomey-Manchin Kill The Bill of Rights Bill.TITLE ONE: GETTING ALL THE NAMES OF PROHIBITED PURCHASERS INTO THE BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM
Summary of Title I: This section improves background checks for firearms by strengthening the instant check system.
- Encourage states to provide all their available records to NICS by restricting federal funds to states who do not comply.
By "all their available records" just what records are they blackmailing states for with that statist bilge water? "All" is a pretty big word when only a very few records are applicable to denying someone their right to keep and bear arms.
- Allow dealers to voluntarily use the NICS database to run background checks on their prospective employees.
Does that means dealers can run NICS checks on prospective employees without their knowledge or consent? I have no idea what the word 'voluntarily' means there. Does it mean dealers will be allowed to not run NICS checks if they prefer not to?
- Clarifies that submissions of mental health records into the NICS system are not prohibited by federal privacy laws (HIPAA).
Submissions of mental health records? Since when has it been legal to deny any American their rights without due process? Isn't it required that a person be adjudicated mentally deficient by a court of law to do that? Mental health records are entirely irrelevant except to those court proceedings. This bill sounds like Stalinist purge material.
- Provides a legal process for a veteran to contest his/her placement in NICS when there is no basis for barring the right to own a firearm.
Is that an admission that the Bill of Rights doesn't cover veterans or an admission that it doesn't cover anyone anymore?
This bill is worse than any ban on some specific models or types of guns. It's a huge foot in the door to trash the 4th Amend., the 5th Amend. and the 10th Amend. as well as the 2nd Amend. Was all of this gun control demagoguery really just a Trojan Horse to sneak this Bill of Rights killer into law?
Reasoned...
I’m actually shocked...
Begich is such a worm. He kisses Obama’s butt 98% of the time, and then when his reelection is at stake, “Oh, I’m going to join the filibuster, you know!”
That guy could get kicked out of the party
I heard the “bi-partisan” bill is worse than the original Democrat one.
He must perceive that his position as Alaskan Senator is on the line....Kick him out anyway....post election he’ll backstab all the sourdoughs......a rat is a rat is a rat!
Now the MSM will have to report that it’s a bipartisan filibuster. Excellent!
FIRST AMENDMENT: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
SECOND AMENDMENT: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms" shall not be infringed."
1. Forcing religious institutions and private citizens who are opposed on moral and religious grounds to fund abortions through ObamaCare.
2. Soon forcing Christians to accept gay marriage and not preach the clear message contained within the bible under threat of imprisonment.
3. DHS buying large volumes of ammo to deprive us of our Second Amendment "right to bear arms" through back-door means.
4. Debating ANY new law that infringes on the "right to bear arms", unless through the Constitutional Amendment process contained within the Constitution:
"Article V of the Constitution provides for a two-step amending process with two alternatives. Amendments may be proposed by two-thirds majorities in both houses of Congress or by a special convention called at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. Amendments are then ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures or by special state conventions, depending on congressional specification."
Just what do these F*ckers think they are Doing?
Is this true? No bill and no amendment and they are voting on both this morning?
We have to pass it to see what's in it?
That’s only because reid has enough Rep RINO votes to get this passed. He’s letting a few dems “go rogue” in red states so they can keep their seats—much like pelosi used to do.
Up for re-election next year. This is how it works. The democrats get enough idiot republicans to support their legislation so that democrats seats in danger can be protected.
McCain, Graham, Ayotte, Isakson, Heller and Flake plus 55 democrats makes 61. So Reid can afford to let Begich vote against it. And as more republican dupes join in (Chambliss, Johanns, Collins, etc.) that many more democrats can be protected (Landrieu, Pryor, Bauchus, Hagen, Warner).