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Democrats Plan to Pursue Most Aggressive Gun-Control Legislation in Decades
www.wsj.com ^ | Updated Nov. 9, 2018 3:02 p.m. ET | By Reid J. Epstein

Posted on 11/09/2018 12:31:51 PM PST by Red Badger

Focus spurred by an incoming class of lawmakers with ‘F’ NRA ratings who campaigned on the issue ______________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON—Democrats say they will pass the most aggressive gun-control legislation in decades when they become the House majority in January, plans they renewed this week in the aftermath of a mass killing in a California bar.

Their efforts will be spurred by an incoming class of pro-gun-control lawmakers who scored big in Tuesday’s midterm elections, although any measure would likely meet stiff resistance in the GOP-controlled Senate.

Democrats ousted at least 15 House Republicans with “A” National Rifle Association ratings, while the candidates elected to replace them all scored an “F” NRA rating.

“This new majority is not going to be afraid of our shadow,” said Mike Thompson, a California Democrat who is chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. “We know that we’ve been elected to do a job, and we’re going to do it.”

Mr. Thompson, who represents a district in the Napa Valley north of San Francisco, said he plans to introduce legislation mandating universal background checks in the opening weeks of the new Congress.

The gun-control movement’s evolution was evident this week following news that a dozen people had been killed Thursday at a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; democrats; guncontrol; gungrabbers
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To: Red Badger

Wasting time and money ,yep the Dems are back ,LOL


41 posted on 11/09/2018 1:22:02 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Red Badger

42 posted on 11/09/2018 1:25:16 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: Red Badger

Pursue it how? The House gets two vetos, one in the Senate and one in the Whitehouse. Gun control is going exactly nowhere.


43 posted on 11/09/2018 1:25:18 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight yourr way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Red Badger

Republican challengers for 2020 need to take copious notes for use in their campaigns.


44 posted on 11/09/2018 1:26:02 PM PST by CarmichaelPatriot
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To: Georgia Girl 2

The Leadership knows. This is for the masses consumption. Their voters are stupid, ignorant dumbasses.

They will blame the mean old Republicans for blocking their ‘common sense gun control laws’, that didn’t do squat in California...............


45 posted on 11/09/2018 1:27:41 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Let them spin to nowhere and waste their time in the House.

Bring plenty of popcorn.


46 posted on 11/09/2018 1:27:59 PM PST by TADSLOS (I hate Russian Dolls. They are so full of themselves.)
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To: Red Badger

Well, be wary of bars, sporting events or anyplace people gather because the Democrat false flag killers are going to be active across the country, every week, until they get their way.


47 posted on 11/09/2018 1:28:24 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Red Badger

Yes this is playing to the base.


48 posted on 11/09/2018 1:29:27 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight yourr way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: All

Pass whatever you want - I will not submit.

Enforce it at your peril...


49 posted on 11/09/2018 1:35:50 PM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: xkaydet65

Go smoke more crack!


50 posted on 11/09/2018 1:38:51 PM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Red Badger

They will pass gun control laws when they assume control of the House? OK, just how are they going to get it past the Senate? How about vetoes?

Are they that ignorant, or are they just singing to their low IQ voters and useful idiots?


51 posted on 11/09/2018 1:51:28 PM PST by redfreedom
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To: Red Badger

Reach out and touch someone


52 posted on 11/09/2018 1:58:56 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: redfreedom

I’ll take “singing to their low IQ voters and useful idiots?” for $1000, Alex................


53 posted on 11/09/2018 1:58:59 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

So when this unconstitutional bill is about to hit the flor we should expect a rash off mass shooting? They is how they roll.


54 posted on 11/09/2018 2:02:13 PM PST by IC Ken (Stop making stupid people famous)
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To: Red Badger

Let them waste time and money.

5.56mm


55 posted on 11/09/2018 2:04:17 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: rktman
Last time I checked the BOR was still not modified. And won’t be.

Of course not, but their goal is not to modify the 2nd Amendment, but to have the courts ignore it.

56 posted on 11/09/2018 2:21:39 PM PST by libertylover (I don't disagree with people because their skin is too brown, but because their ideas are too red.)
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To: PIF
"What part of “won’t pass the Senate” don’t they understand?"

Maybe they are counting on the three (3) RINOs to be on their side... I think they can...

All the more reason the FL and AZ election victories must not be allowed to be stolen...

57 posted on 11/09/2018 2:25:10 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Red Badger

PR to get votes. Maybe some will realize what a waste of time it is.


58 posted on 11/09/2018 2:33:55 PM PST by MarMema (don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
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To: TexasGunLover

51/49 Dem? Really? You seem very “CONCERNED.”


59 posted on 11/09/2018 2:43:07 PM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: cyclotic

“We spell “Shall not be infringed” V-E-T-O”


Funny, I thought it was spelled, “MOLON LABE, now GFY.”

Clearly, one of us needs help with spelling. :>)


60 posted on 11/09/2018 2:47:34 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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