{"id":16147,"date":"2018-03-02T09:08:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T14:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16147"},"modified":"2018-03-02T09:08:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T14:08:36","slug":"theyre-not-serious-either","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16147","title":{"rendered":"They’re not serious either"},"content":{"rendered":"

More political theater in Congress<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… At a news conference, Schumer<\/a> laid out a three-point Democratic plan to push forward on guns … At the top of the list is expanded background checks, closing the so-called \u201cgun show loophole.\u201d … Gillibrand<\/a> took a more aggressive posture on the assault-weapons ban than Schumer, saying Wednesday that a military-style semiautomatic rifle such as the AR-15 … \u201chas no place in the civilian world.\u201d Schumer also pushed forward on letting family members and friends petition courts to take away guns from individuals shown to be a danger to themselves or others … “<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This stuff is DOA and they know it.<\/p>\n

Republicans are moving on<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell<\/span> (R-Ky.)<\/a> is moving to banking reform legislation \u2014 not gun control … next week in the Senate … After that, McConnell hopes to move to legislation addressing sex trafficking, according to GOP sources … A Senate GOP<\/a> aide said a limited bill to strengthen background checks for firearms purchases could come to the floor at any moment as soon as Democrats agree to let it move forward … \u201cWe tried to get it cleared yesterday, but the Democratic leader objected,\u201d McConnell said …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

S-2135<\/strong><\/a> has 49 bi-partisan co-sponsors.\u00a0 What’s up with the bill?<\/p>\n

Ed Morrissey<\/a> notes Fix-NICS would likely pass<\/a> …<\/p>\n

“… Fix-NICS would almost certainly pass for two reasons. One: It addresses an actual problem that actually contributed to a mass shooting … Two, and more importantly: Fix-NICS doesn\u2019t intrude on the right to bear arms …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

… and Democrats don’t really want that:<\/p>\n

“… \u201cA lot of us have a feeling that 2018 is going to be the first year in which this issue is a true liability to Republicans who refuse to break from the NRA<\/a> at all,\u201d said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)<\/a>, who organized the meeting. \u201cWe also want to make sure that all of these new entrants into the issue stick with us into the elections. I\u2019ve never had a meeting like this before with that many members of Congress and every anti-gun-violence group.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Murphy still believes gun control groups will be able deliver votes around their issues despite having never been able to do that before.<\/p>\n