Posted on 09/20/2016 5:42:16 PM PDT by jazusamo
WASHINGTON -- The Senate minority whip told reporters on Capitol Hill today that the Minnesota mall stabbings and the New York/New Jersey bombings were "sad reminders that this Congress has done nothing -- nothing to prevent dangerous people from acquiring guns and explosives to carry out future attacks on Americans."
Outside of a closed policy luncheon, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Republicans "have seen multiple opportunities come and go to bring forward and pass bipartisan legislation to prevent terrorists from buying firearms and explosives, closing the so-called terror gap loophole."
"All of which have been defeated by the Republican majority. Congress still spends so much time and energy debating whether a bill would've stopped the last attack that we lose sight on how we stop the next attack," Durbin said. "This bill, as well as bipartisan background checks, will stop dangerous people from getting their hands on the weapons of war."
The Washington Post reported that federal officials said the bombs were constructed of unregulated, commonly available materials such as Tannerite, black powder, Christmas-light fuses, and cell phone detonators.
Bills from Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to allow the attorney general to block or delay the sale of firearms to people on the no-fly list have not received enough support to advance.
Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blasted GOPs in a Monday floor speech, saying "the only reason FBI terror suspects are allowed to buy guns and explosives is Republican opposition."
Today, Senate Dem leaders were also ripping their Republican colleagues for the upcoming campaign recess. Oct. 7 is the last day the Senate is scheduled to be in session before Election Day.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Republicans were "like school kids, begging for an early recess."
"Republicans would rather be out asking for people's votes than doing the people's business. This year, the Senate is scheduled to work the fewest days in six decades, but even that workload is apparently too heavy for our Republican friends," Schumer told reporters. "We've been scheduled to be in session for two more weeks, but Republicans want to pull the plug and head home as soon as possible. That is not -- not what the American people sent us here to do."
"This Republican-led Senate is -- has already worked fewer days than any time since 1956, and with their mad rush to get home again, they'll even break that record. We don't know how far to go back. Maybe we'll go back to the Depression years. Maybe we'll go back to World War I," Reid said.
Outside the GOP luncheon, Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) said the weekend's events "were a reminder, a grim reminder, that we continue to fight the war against terrorism, the war against ISIS."
"And incredibly, in the wake of all that, the administration, the president's spokesperson Josh Earnest, came out in the last couple of days and said that we are in a narrative fight against ISIS; not a real fight, a narrative fight," Thune said. "And Tim Kaine went on television on Sunday and said that the situation with ISIS has dramatically improved. And I think that it's pretty clear that the administration is more concerned about their legacy than they are really about keeping Americans safe."
"The fact of the matter is the world is less safe since the president took office. And Americans' security, as we found out over the weekend, continues to be threatened on a weekly basis. So we're less safe, and I think most Americans would argue less prosperous."
No guns were used in either attack..in fact the only gun that was used was used by the GOOD GUY to take out the bad Jihadist with a KNIFE..guess crazy Dick wishes the off duty officer had been unarmed so more people would have been injured/killed
Don’t forget the cell phones!
It’s a sad reminder of what an idiot Durbin is.
Excellent point, and it’s too averse to lib think, in Durbins view to point out!
* guns don't go around shooting people and committing crimes with them; idiots do
* if you disarm the the people the criminals will always lie bout owning them and find ways to get them off the black market
* gun free zones are where a large percentage of mass shootings occur
* ask victims of Hitler, Lenin, and Mao's disarmament campaign how well the plan worked out to protect them and their security (hint: they can't; their leaders ended up killing them viewing them as dissenters)
Try it, Durbin.
There won’t be anything that anyone can do. Well maybe the 2nd amendment people can do something.
And we will. Your move, DICK.
Durbin has always been deranged.
He thinks he is being relevant.
Where is Gebhardt, Gore and Dean?? Yeeargh!!
These attacks show that politicians supporting islamist immigration against the will of most people should have the same attack consequences applied to them.
Just wow...
I don't get this statement. Are they suggesting background checks for rifles and shotguns? If so, they really think that the black market won't provide the bad guys with such guns? Have they no idea how many guns are in the US and the entire world?
I've come to the conclusion that all politicians are either clueless or have bleeding heart agendas or just simply trying to maintain their jobs. I despise them all from the top down. I don't even trust our local City Councilman. And yes, I said "man".
LOVE IT!
So how exactly do gun control measures impact knife & bomb attacks Dickie boy?
Dick Durbin is an ignorant c**t.
If it wasn’t for a man carrying a gun , and using it to defend himself and his fellow citizens, the stabbings would have continued.
What is is about this ignorant f**k?
Inside every liberal there is a totalitarian screaming to get out. Thats the only thing I can think of that would explain this stupid c**t’s conduct.
Turdbin Durbin is unAmerican ..
Bombs are illegal.... so gun control would stopped it?
I loved what a guy said the other day.
Get your CHL, 50 foot around you is considered your operationally active zone.
Problem solved.
They certainly have done nothing to honor their oaths of office and the Constitution and stop doing stuff they aren’t allowed to do. Stuff like have federal gun control laws at all....
You don't have to keep proving it.
Thanks...forgot.
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