According to Dave Kopel, pro-gunners are up by 6 in the Senate.
Since nationwide reciprocity failed the 60 vote supermajority needed to prevent a filibuster by 2 votes last year, this means that there are now enough votes in Congress to move a nationwide CCW reciprocity bill over the objections of Chuck Schumer, etc.
New York politicians will have to have their diapers changed if reciprocity becomes law. The idea that people have gun rights as Americans is foreign to them.
Are there the 290 houses votes and 67 Senate votes needed to override a presidential veto? (2/3) majority in each chamber?
That assumes Obama would veto such a bill, which I suspect he wouldn’t.
I would love to hear your reasoning on that.
Look how unpopular he and the Democrats are now. Vetoing a popular pro-gun bill would further damage him and the Democrats.
I respect your opinion. If there is an immediate substantial and tangible benefit to him it’s possible that he would sign it.
However in any other circumstance, no way.
I say he vetoes it-they’ve shown absolutely no fear of damage to further their agenda, and an absolute disregard for their political futures pushing an unpopular set of bills.