New Hampshire's better Senator has decided, after careful consideration, to oppose the Toomey-Manchin "background check" amendment to the "gun control" legislation under consideration, as Pun Salad suggested yesterday. Her bottom line:
I believe that restricting the rights of law-abiding gun owners will not
prevent a deranged individual or criminal from obtaining and misusing
firearms to commit violence. While steps must be taken to improve the
existing background check system, I will not support the Manchin-Toomey
legislation, which I believe would place unnecessary burdens on
law-abiding gun owners and allow for potential overreach by the federal
government into private gun sales.
She also voted for cloture on the legislation, as Pun Salad advocated last week.
I won't say my well-reasoned and respectful communications on her website helped to sway her vote, but … well, I'm allowed to imagine they did, right?
Next up: the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill. I'm leaning toward "No", Senator.
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