[neverdem]

You know Schumer wants this so bad he can almost taste it.

[DBrow]

“You know Schumer wants this so bad”

NRA, too. I have received many pieces of mail “explaining” the bill. The NRA website has lots of explanations why they’re on board with Schumer.

[DBrow]

Odd that the article does not say what the holdup is, or what the objections are.

[DocH]

Feel sorry for the families, but they (and, unfortunately, my NRA) are DEAD WRONG in pushing ANYTHING little chuckie schumer is for.

Like 9/11, the ONE thing that would likely have prevented the tragedy, is law-abiding citizens (and/or pilots in the case of 9/11) on the scene with concealed carry.

[Old 300]

The NRA helped author the GCA 1968. They’re always there to ‘compromise’. Sort of like a true RINO.

[hunter112]

Yes, having Chuckie in favor of something makes it immediately suspect in my mind, but on the other hand, what would have been wrong with having the VT gunman's mental records in the system? Yes, he probably would have found a way to get a weapon anyway, but I was under the impression that most of my Second Amendment friends don't have a problem keeping weapons out of the hands of criminals and the insane.

If there's a flaw in this bill, perhaps someone will point it out, but on the surface of what I've read, I don't have a problem with it at this point...

[ElkGroveDan]

could have prevented the April killings of 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus

Quick. Close the barn door. The horse got away.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The only problem is that pretty much any medical doctor or counselor could declare pretty much anyone to be a “mental defective” and there is no real legal recourse.

[Mogollon]

Yep. The only gun law that would have prevented the VA tech massacre is a concealed carry for qualified students and faculty. Mental health evaluations give the left a perfect tool to use on law-abiding gun-owners.

[Grunthor]

“A gun-control bill that advocates say could have prevented the April killings of 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus has hit a roadblock in the Senate.”

The ONLY thing that would have prevented that mass killing?

Another gun.

[Brilliant]

I doubt that Coburn is blocking this. Last I heard the bill was caught in a turf battle between Leahy and Kennedy. Schumer is probably trying to blame his failure to push it thru on Coburn because he doesn’t want to admit its the Dems fault. it makes no sense that one minority Senator could block this from coming to the floor.

[fortheDeclaration]

What would have prevented the massacre would have been the right to carry.

The maniacs always attack places where guns are outlawed.