No. The Senate has filibustered the conference committe report already passed by the House. The conference committe could reconvene, delete the objectionable provisions, and submit a new report for approval by both houses. It's doable by the end of the year, if not a week or two after.
As for the arrests of those Asians in Torrance, I hardly think a case in which individuals were trying to smuggle missiles into the country qualifies as a strawman.
It does if you are using it to justify the government having unrestricted access to gun purchase records. Those records SHOULD NOT EXIST by the way, because they are supposed to be destroyed. That the government has failed to abide by the law in that instance is all the proof I need to assert that there is every likelihood this power will be abused.
Let me put it this way. I trust him a whole heck of a lot more than I trust Hagel and anyone who votes with him against the President.
I don't trust this President any more than I trust Upchuck Hagel. He took an oath of office to defend the Constitution and has totally refused to control our borders in time of war.
However, there are several other senators who are strong on gun rights. How come they didn't see the matter the same way Craig did?
It is highly likely that a good many of them didn't read the conference committee report.
The very fact he felt the need to explain himself says to me he's getting heat from his constituents on his vote, and with good reason.
Sure there is good reason. Limbaugh has been bashing away and I'd bet he hasn't read it either.
Thanks for fighting the good fight. Empowered, Constitutionally-protected citizens are our best defense.