Background check alternatives fail; Bloomberg threatens payback

Two background check alternative measures failed this afternoon in the Senate, including one that was abandoned earlier in the day by the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

http://www.examiner.com/article/background-check-alternatives-fail-bloom...

Article by Dave Workman

Today, the misguided Manchin-Toomey-Schumer proposal failed in the U.S. Senate. This amendment would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members to get federal government permission to exercise a fundamental right or face prosecution. As we have noted previously, expanding background checks, at gun shows or elsewhere, will not reduce violent crime or keep our kids safe in their schools.

CCRKBA pulls support for Manchin-Toomey

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms announced this morning that it has withdrawn its support for the Manchin-Toomey alternative background check measure because a key amendment for restoration of firearms rights is not being considered.

http://www.examiner.com/article/ccrkba-pulls-support-for-manchin-toomey?...

Article by Dave Workman

Gun Control Could Die Today!

Call your Senators to make sure it happens!

This is it!

It would have been better if we had won the motion to proceed last week and didn't have to spend this week fighting one Harry Reid bribe after another - all of which are intended to lure Senators into passing gun control.

But we believe that our grassroots’ pressure has kept Senators from giving in to the bribes. And, as early as today, there could be a series of pivotal votes on gun amendments.

Some sources sounding taps on gun legislation

Despite the Seattle Times editorial page call for the U.S. Senate to break what it called “the National Rifle Association’s destructive grip on gun-violence politics,” it appears that some are preparing to sound Taps over the Senate’s attempt to pass tough new gun restrictions in response to the Sandy Hook attack.

http://www.examiner.com/article/some-sources-sounding-taps-on-gun-legisl...

Article by Dave Workman

Terrorist attack v. mass shooting reactions differ

Following Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon that left three dead and at least 140 wounded, President Barack Obama told a stunned nation, “We still do not know who did this or why. And people shouldn’t jump to conclusions before we have all the facts.”

http://www.examiner.com/article/terrorist-attack-v-mass-shooting-reactio...

Article by Dave Workman

NRA Likely to Defeat Gun Grab
By Harold Hutchison

The National Rifle Association may be on the verge of defeating S. 649 – a victory after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut that left 20 children and six adults dead at the hands of a shooter who committed suicide.

Schumer goes nuts over alternative gun measure

Anti-gun New York Sen. Charles Schumer went so far overboard with remarks about an alternative measure to his background check bill during a weekend interview that it appears he is trying to demonize the package because it presents a more palatable option to his colleagues in the Senate.

http://www.examiner.com/article/schumer-goes-nuts-over-alternative-gun-m...

Article by Dave Workman