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"God help us" if we don't act on gun violence, Manchin says
CBS News' Face The Nation ^ | April 14, 2013 | Lindsey Boerma

Posted on 04/14/2013 9:59:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Penn., is "confident," he said Sunday on "Face the Nation," that he and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., will be able to muster enough Republican support in the Senate to pass an amendment that would expand background checks for gun purchases.

"We're close," said Toomey said, appearing with Manchin. "We're discussing with colleagues on both sides. We've got bipartisan support, but there is bipartisan opposition."

Toomey and Manchin, along with Sens. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced last week they had struck the deal, which would expand background checks for gun purchases to all commercial sales - including at gun shows and via the Internet.

On Saturday, Maine Sen. Susan Collins became the third Republican to back the proposal, which will appear as an amendment to the current gun safety bill being mulled by the Senate; Toomey said others have unofficially committed.

"It's very hard to say what amendments may succeed and which may fail," Toomey conceded. But, he added, "ours, I think, just strikes the right balance....

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: West Virginia; Issues; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; manchin; secondamendment; senate; toomey
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1 posted on 04/14/2013 9:59:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sorry Joey, “gun control” laws do nothing to cut down on “gun violence”. BTW: Homicide is illegal. We’ve got laws against it. How’s that working out?


2 posted on 04/14/2013 10:03:33 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my Bill of Rights?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

keep guns out of the hands of every Obama sympathizer.. problem solved virtually overnight


3 posted on 04/14/2013 10:03:43 PM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
In fringe us not.

Or face the consequences.

4 posted on 04/14/2013 10:04:07 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

they keep passing more and more laws and they don’t work.

they ar deliberately insane, they keep doing the same thing and expecting different results.


5 posted on 04/14/2013 10:07:46 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

God help you if you keep up this pursuit to subjugate the citizens of the United States of America with your radical left wing extemist demokkkrat scumbag socialist agenda. You are a sorry excuse for someone who is supposed to defend and protect the constitution of this country. Which is an understatement. Not a single thing that has been proposed will do anything to decrease what you clowns have decided to name gun violence. Asshats.


6 posted on 04/14/2013 10:19:57 PM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST MR. PRESIDENT!(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FOM Munchkin


7 posted on 04/14/2013 10:20:59 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Dear Manchin:

God help you if you seek to confiscate the peeps gunz.

8 posted on 04/14/2013 10:21:02 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FO Munchkin

“Fixed”


9 posted on 04/14/2013 10:22:21 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

(Thread below) Munchin’ admits his bill will not prevent another Sandy Hook.
Then, what’s the point, Joe? I propose that it is to be found on top of your head.
Harumph harumph, your hoity toity Congress critter jobs .... we pay for this BS.


10 posted on 04/14/2013 10:23:22 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: rktman

i assume you’re directing this to obama...?


11 posted on 04/14/2013 10:24:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

12 posted on 04/14/2013 10:24:53 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Well, if the shoe fits, I guess he could also wear it. But then again he might like where the shoe goes. Even enjoy it possibly.


13 posted on 04/14/2013 10:29:49 PM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST MR. PRESIDENT!(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: Secret Agent Man

Actually, they are getting the exact results they want, diminished Liberty and re-election...


14 posted on 04/14/2013 10:31:17 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well, I trust God far more than the Government. I'd rather have Him help us.

If God helps me, I feel good about that.

When you hear "We're from the Government and we're here to help you", you're in trouble.

15 posted on 04/14/2013 10:37:54 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The United States Senate is quite amazing.

While they Voting to Criminalize Law Abiding Citizens, they are Voting to Decriminalize Illegal Invaders.

Makes me want to start a Noose Manufacturing Company.


16 posted on 04/14/2013 10:38:51 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Compliance with Tyranny is Treason...)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Correction:

While they “ARE” Voting to Criminalize Law Abiding Citizens, they are Voting to Decriminalize Illegal Invaders.


17 posted on 04/14/2013 10:40:24 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Compliance with Tyranny is Treason...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

God help America when the government no longer fears its citizens.


18 posted on 04/14/2013 10:40:24 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

If they don’t fear us, it’s because they’re idiots:

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts


19 posted on 04/14/2013 10:43:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I’ve never understood that after 237 years we still have to keep passing more laws. You’d think we would have perfected it by now.


20 posted on 04/14/2013 11:33:21 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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