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  • Gun Shows Across the Nation Draw Record Crowds, Even After Toomey-Manchin Bill Fails

    04/21/2013 11:12:19 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 17 replies
    Cybercast News Service ^ | April 21, 2013 | Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr.
    Gun shows across the nation have experienced record turnout, even as the federal gun control push has hit a major roadblock. April gun shows—both before and after the Senate killed the Toomey-Manchin bill—have seen record crowds, as many fear the debate over the Second Amendment is not yet over. …
  • Graham to Oppose Toomey-Manchin

    04/15/2013 11:12:40 AM PDT · by ColdOne · 40 replies
    nationalreview.com ^ | 4/15/13 | Eliana Johnson
    South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham announced earlier today that he will vote against the compromise amendment proposed last week by senators Pat Toomey and Joe Manchin, which would expand criminal background checks to all advertised gun sales. Graham announced his decision on Twitter, arguing that the bill is “well-intentioned” but does not constitute “a solution to illegal gun violence”:
  • Read Toomey/Manchin Gun "Compromise" And OPPOSE IT!

    04/10/2013 7:23:07 PM PDT · by forty_years · 19 replies
    netwmd.com ^ | April 10, 2013 | netWMD Staff
    Senators Joe Manchin (R) and Pat Toomey (D) today announced a so-called "compromise" bill/amendment which they claim would increase gun safety through improving "background checks," but is in truth a flawed piece of legislation, WHICH IS WHY YOU SHOULD ACT NOW TO STOP THE MEASURE (or click here for more options). The title of their bill is Orwellian: "The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act." It is double-speak, as their measure infringes on the Second Amendment -- it doesn't "protect" anything. It will in fact push the U.S. towards the establishment of a national gun registry, the eventual...
  • Why Toomey May Become Another Specter, Lindsey Graham, McCain

    04/11/2013 8:51:45 PM PDT · by publius321 · 21 replies
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  • Toomey and Manchin’s Slippery Slope (The perils of this 'bi-partisan' gun compromise)

    04/11/2013 7:15:54 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 12 replies
    National Review ^ | 04/11/2013 | Charles C. W. Cooke
    Well, assembled sophisticates, you’d better pull that extended arm back toward you and rescind the offer of the Martini, for I’m about to drop off society’s tightrope and out myself as one of those people naïve enough to advance a “slippery slope” argument in public. And about guns, no less. Arguendo, let’s presume that the much-vaunted Toomey-Manchin “compromise” makes it out of the Senate unalloyed, and then that it then passes the House with nary a squeak from the right. Let’s then postulate that a majority agrees with the president that expanding background checks is a “reasonable” thing to do...
  • The Toomey-Manchin Proposal Will Allow Doctors to Block Your Right to Guns

    04/11/2013 3:29:55 AM PDT · by IbJensen · 50 replies
    Red State ^ | 4/10/2013 | Erick Erickson
    I just talked to someone familiar with the Toomey-Manchin proposal who raises a serious concern based on his understanding of the legislation. Everyone on all sides agrees that we need better help for those with mental health problems who need treatment. Unfortunately, the person I talked with is concerned that the Toomey-Manchin proposal could discourage people from getting help. The proposal will allow a doctor to add a patient to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) without ever telling the patient he or she has been added. There would be no due process requirement. Not all doctors will...