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US Senate fails to pass bill to tighten gun controls; the vote was along party lines

Tuesday, June 21st 2016 - 08:07 UTC
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The US Senate has rejected plans to tighten gun controls, including the restriction of weapons sales to people on terrorism watch lists. Four proposals were brought before the Senate after 49 people died in an attack on a gay nightclub in Florida. Read full article

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  • Lord Lucan

    Theres a Chronic lack of common sense in the US. A nation in a spiral of decay. We look forward to toasting Trump… on a spit.

    Jun 21st, 2016 - 01:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • chronic

    Democrats would rather have the politics than legislation.

    They proved it yesterday.

    Tears in the gallery were from lobbyists laughing very hard at the folly of commie libs.

    Redacted - unredacted - twisted translation: Democrats are more afraid of Republicans than they are islamic terrorists.

    Jun 21st, 2016 - 02:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    Whilst you have rabid gun haters of the type on here despite the fact that the shooter managed to buy ammunition even though an attempt was made to alert the FBI AND the fact his wife knew he was up to no good but did nothing to stop it AND the fact he was a bat-shit mad Islamist sympathizer who the FBI already knew about but wasn't on the watch list the dummies in the Democratic party want to ban legally held guns.

    There is no reasoning with these stupid cunts.

    Jun 21st, 2016 - 02:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • chronic

    Kris, Kris, they just want to keep hands out of the criminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . and the libertarians and the property rights activists and the states rights supporters and the anti abortion groups and the anti internationalists and the tax reformers and the armed services veterans and conservatives and . . . . . . . . . . . any others that oppose the creation of a liberal utopia.

    Curiously, the Obammy administration hasn't prosecuted a single person for fraudulently filing a false firearms background check application even though tens of thousands have filed.

    And Obammy is on a pardoning rampage and is implementing sentencing reductions en masse.

    Lastly, Obammy care fails universally to address the needs of the mentally ill requiring institutional or other supervisory care.

    Jun 21st, 2016 - 05:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    @ 4

    WTF is Kris?

    Jun 21st, 2016 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Hepatia

    The bill denying guns to those on the “Terror Watch List” was truly bad and, almost certainly, unconstitutional.

    Jun 21st, 2016 - 11:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • :o))

    The Bottom-Line:

    In spite of the evidence - in almost ALL the cases of Mass Killings - the USA never had the ability to catch the armed loonies before it is too late. The FBI/CIA/SWAT & Co. are Highly Efficient only in films!

    Jun 24th, 2016 - 02:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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