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Senate Votes to Allow Debate on Gun Legislation
The Senate Thursday cleared the way for the debate on the first piece of major gun control legislation to be considered in that chamber in two decades.
With families of victims of the Newtown massacre watching silently from the chamber, the Senate thwarted a threatened filibuster with a vote of 68 to 31 and will proceed next week to debate a package of legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers, increase the penalties for criminal sales and a variety of other amendments. Those include the renewal of the assault weapons ban which expired in 2004. Twenty-nine Republicans voted against the measure, as did two Democrats.
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Just the fact that they are willing to debate on the possibility of this kind of legislation is incredible. The federal government has no authority regarding gun rights. Our right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right, and according to the 2nd Amendment, 10th Amendment, and the lack of authority to the federal government and the lack of a prohibition against the States in Article I, Sections 8 and 10 of the United Constitution, all federal gun laws are unconstitutional, and only the States have any authority at all regarding any regulations - like background checks.
Tyranny begins small. Believe me when I tell you that this is all designed to eventually become a full confiscation of all firearms.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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