Posted on 06/16/2016 10:26:03 AM PDT by PROCON
A nearly 15-hour filibuster led by Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut ended early Thursday morning after Republicans agreed to hold votes on gun control measures.
The Senate will vote on a measure banning gun sales to people on the terrorist watch list and a provision requiring background checks at shows and over the internet. Republicans may also offer their own gun control measures.
The filibuster comes just days after a shooting in Orlando that killed 49 people and wounded dozens others. Murphy, joined by most of his Democratic colleagues, recalled his own state’s loss of 27 people during the 2012 Newtown shootings and demanded a serious response.
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Trump.
Just like the gun control fillabuster, the dims always seem to win the eyeball to eyeball contests. Maybe we can put put people in there that add more balls. Some may be R’s.
Give your hand a rest. You might want to get over yourself too.
The dims win because they have the American media as their PR mouthpiece.
What does Trump do best? He manipulates that machine like a master. The winners will learn from his tactics.
“If conservatives have mass demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience, the law enforcement will break things up with mace, batons, rubber bullets and if they feel the need, actual gunfire.”
So what’s your solution? Call your corruptocrat reps in DC? Jawbone and whine about all on FR?
Don’t forget how the civil rights protesters of the 60s were treated. Dogs, water cannons, batons, arrests — but they WON, didn’t they?
Your country is worth fighting for, friend. You may be required to find your courage to do so.
I have the courage, my friend...Two tours in Vietnam and leaving a leg over there dictates what I am...
I hope you have more than your mouth....my friend...
I apologize for my smartazz comment about your mouth...You r comment about courage kinda rubbed me wrong...
I try not to speak that way to people...
Again...I’m sorry....
Kentuckians must like to rescue turtles.
“I have the courage, my friend...Two tours in Vietnam and leaving a leg over there dictates what I am...”
I’m sorry for your sacrifice. Your countrymen are in your debt.
Yes, I do have a mouth on me, and I will engage it as needed, when my fellows fall prey to a demoralized state of mind.
The fact is, we CAN fight back. Sure, there may be a lot of push-back, but so what? Our ancestors had push-back, too. We’re simply gonna have to do whatever it takes to set things right, or give up on the whole idea of America.
The only “gun control” vote I want to see is nationwide reciprocity for CCW.
No, I meant for the down ticket, if you’re not voting R.
Frankly, bad as they are, they beat anything on the other team. I cry for America
Do they?
I don’t think they have beaten the other team even once.
What can I say? I still prefer the passive to those that actively hate us. Lesser evil and all that.
Give me an alternative. At least Trump seems to be a fighter
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