26 April 2013

At It Again: "Senators Quietly Seek New Path on Gun Control"

By JEREMY W. PETERS WASHINGTON -- 

Talks to revive gun control legislation are quietly underway on Capitol Hill as a bipartisan group of senators seeks a way to bridge the differences that led to last week's collapse of the most serious effort to overhaul the country's gun laws in 20 years.

Drawing on the lessons from battles in the 1980s and '90s over the Brady Bill, which failed in Congress several times before ultimately passing, gun control supporters believe they can prevail by working on a two-pronged strategy. First, they are identifying senators who might be willing to change their votes and support a background check system with fewer loopholes.

Read the whole story here.

11 comments:

Well Seasoned Fool said...

Anchorage newspaper prints something directly from the New York Times? Wonder how many of their readers, and advertisers, give a hoot what the New York Times has to say about anything.

Cathy said...

Did you see this? !

Whoa!

http://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-lucas-introduce-bill-limiting-federal-agencies-from-stockpiling-ammunition

Rev. Paul said...

WSF, firearms are part of our culture, so the NYT article matters. Some other topic? Maybe not so much.

Rev. Paul said...

Cathy, I saw, but wonder how much support it will get in the Senate.

Duke said...

They won't give up till they have completely taken away all our rights.

Rev. Paul said...

Concur, Duke.

Stephen said...

As I've said so often, they will succeed. Sooner or later. After all, they're the aristocracy and we but peasants and they know what's good for us.

Rev. Paul said...

Stephen, agreed. It's quite clear they feel entitled & protected by position.

Old NFO said...

This one is a stealth action...

Rev. Paul said...

You're right, NFO ... or, at least it was a stealth action.

joated said...

Two things come to mind upon seeing this:
1) "Fool me once, shame on me...." You know the rest. May we never be fooled again.

2) What's that definition of insanity again? Something about "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results" wasn't it?