Another great article by David Codrea. Go to Gun Rights Examiner for the whole article.
The so-called “nuclear option,”
where the Senate voted to change filibuster rules on nominations, “was a
vote to begin the process of effectively repealing the Second
Amendment,” Gun Owners of America warned Monday in a member alert. And an analysis of that vote
shows many Democrats given high ratings by the National Rifle
Association helped to ram through what The Los Angeles Times has called “one of the most significant rule changes in Senate history” with no fear of political repercussions from the nation’s largest gun rights group.
“Harry Reid
... did this for the ostensible purpose of packing the D.C. Circuit
Court of Appeals with three anti-gun judges -- one of which (Robert
Wilkins) has held that the Second Amendment doesn't protect the right to
purchase firearms, just the right to possess them,” GOA explained.
“[B]efore the ink was dry on the tally sheet, Barack Obama commended the
Senate and mourned the fact that filibusters had blocked his gun ban
and gun registration scheme. What Obama is clearly calling for is for
the same ‘nuclear option’ to be used to pass comprehensive gun control.”
GOA’s assessment is corroborated by The Times’ report, which focused
on recently-elected Democrats being the driving force behind the
filibuster rule change, and cited Connecticut Senator Christopher S.
Murphy’s reasons for pushing it through.
“For Murphy, the failure of the Senate gun control bill earlier this
year was the final straw,” the report explained. “He took on the issue
of gun violence after the Newtown school shooting in his state in 2012. A
bipartisan bill crafted by Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Patrick
J. Toomey (R-Pa.) had 55 votes but failed to advance.”
"I was a proponent of filibuster reform coming into the Senate, but I
became a revolutionary on this issue when we lost the gun bill," Murphy
was quoted.
But while Murphy is recognized by both NRA
and GOA as a confirmed anti-gunner, a cadre of supposedly “pro-gun
Democrats” putting party over principle cast the votes that enabled the
radical change to pass.
More Here at Gun Rights Examiner
Cleveland and Ohio again.
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