Coburn has been squishy on many things. He, like many Republicans, seems to have this absurd desire to get along with the Democrats. We don’t send Republicans to D.C. to play nice with people who spend every waking minute devising new ways to deprive us of our rights and property.
Sen. Coburn, drop the whole thing! We don’t need any new gun laws.
Like I said, if nothing gets passed because the Senate Dems reject the offer then the GOP has scored a huge hit on Obama and Dems.(regarding background checks )
If Dems accept it and it passes then its a sellout.
Immigration is a great example. If the GOP rejects citizenship the Dems will kill its.
He is the Senator who maneuvered Barack Obama into signing the law that removed 70 years of prohibitions of firearms in Federal lands, particularly parks.
He is a smart guy, and he would not have expended as much political capitol on the guns in parks bill if he was not on our side. http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2009/05/20/credit-card-bill-allows-guns-in-national-parks.htm