[Psalm 73]

"...he hoped at least half of his Republican colleagues in the Senate would vote for the gun package..."

With the Senate within their grasp - they throw it away.

Disgusted.

[Soul of the South]

“With the Senate within their grasp - they throw it away.”

Toomey, Burr, Portman, Shelby, and Blunt are retiring this year. There is no penalty for them to vote for the gun control package as they will never face the voters again. Add Romney, Collins, and Murkowski whose voters seem willing to tolerate anything they chose to say or vote in favor of.

Lindsay Graham still has over 4 years before he faces the voters again so he might just choose to be a “maverick bipartisan” if those listed above vote for the bill. He might bring a few others who aren’t facing the voters this year or who already intend to retire before they face the voters again and haven’t announced their retirement plans. Considering the above is certainly possible half the Republicans will vote for the “bipartisan” gun bill.

If the bill includes the provision opening up firearm manufacturers to liability for the use of their products, the firearms industry will be quickly bankrupted by tort lawyers and leftist judges. Then the focus of the left will be on ammunition makers.

[dforest]

This will throw it away. I wish people understood that even if repukes win in the mid term they will only be able to slow Joey down. Fact is, they won’t. They will help Joey and then we will lose big in 2024

They quite simply are not on the side of the people.