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4 Red State Senate Democrats Put The NRA Ahead of the Dead Children of Sandy Hook
Four red state Democrats caved to the NRA on expanded background checks, as Sandy Hook parents watched from the Senate gallery.
The final vote was 54-46 in favor of the bill, with Majority Leader Harry Reid switching his vote to no for procedural reasons. Reid is actually a yes, so the number of supporters for the bill was 55. Four Republicans joined the majority of Democrats in opposing the NRA. Republican Senators Collins, Kirk, McCain, and Toomey all voted for the bill.
The reason why the vote wasn’t even close was that Sens. Pryor, Baucus, Begich, and Heitkamp caved to the NRA and voted no. Before we discuss the cowards that put their own political futures ahead of dead children, let’s take a second to give a special mention to red state Democrat Mary Landrieu who did the right thing and voted yes. Sen. Landrieu is facing a tough reelection campaign next year in Louisiana, but she stood up and put her country first.
When Democrat senators who are seeking reelection approach with their hands out in 2014, Sen. Landrieu might be worth giving your support to.
It doesn’t matter that 90% of the public supports the bill. It doesn’t matter that a majority of the U.S. Senate supported the bill. It didn’t even matter to these four red state Democrats that Sandy Hook parents were in the Senate gallery watching the vote. Baucus, Begich, and Pryor are all up for reelection next year, so Sandy Hook parents be damned, they were siding with the NRA.
What these four Democrats did was a shameful act that deserves scorn. With four additional Democratic votes the bill still would have been one vote short, but without them, it had no chance of passing. Background check supporters may have been able to find one more yes vote, but there was no way that they could’ve found five.
The American people don’t matter, dead children don’t matter, all that mattered to three Democrats who are up for reelection was winning next November.
Sens. Pryor, Baucus, Begich, and Heitkamp showed what really matters to them, but men and women who lack the courage to do what is right when their country needs them most do not deserve your support.
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52 Responses to 4 Red State Senate Democrats Put The NRA Ahead of the Dead Children of Sandy Hook
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porky ailes
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 5:10 pm
f the people. as long as that cash keeps on comin from the plutocrats, f the people. the whole freakin congress and senate are the real enemy of the usa, except for sen sanders. and sen. warren.
Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 5:15 pm
and tonight, insane Wayne will be bragging about how he owns the Democrats. He owns the Congress and he now owns the people of the United States through their proxy the Congress.
these four Democrats and a bunch of Republicans voted against the 82 people that die daily of gun violence. They voted against kids dying and they voted against Americans dying.
They voted with the 32% of Americans who own firearms, some of whom are for background checks. They voted against a minimum of 80% of the people. And they are comfortable with that.
I don’t care what anyone says, it’s time to sweep the Congress completely clean. No one stays, all new people and they should be gone before they can get a rating by the NRA or a vacation villa from the corporations and the Koch brothers
Dee
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 7:15 pm
I agree w/everything you said..until you said ALL Democrats should go! Not at all,imo! I am a C-Span junkie (All 3 channels)..detest MSM..and I’m here to tell you,there are Democrats who fight an uphill battle,push bills that the right won’t allow on the floor for votes. Vote YES when it serves us,NO when it doesn’t. It’s the usually the LEADERS blowing it up! On a daily basis!
THE House Democrats came to work while the lazy gop vacationed (and when don’t they now?). If you watched,you may change the ALL to the #Red States and Bluedog Dems,who may as well call themselves republicans! There are more than a few, who aren’t just in it for the ALEC money. Which is why so few get the BIG contributions..just the elite group are members of the exclusive Max Baucus Gang.Remember Evan Bayh? Now lobbying,I think. HE was a part of the gang! They’re like the dems-who-went-republican when the Civil Rights Bill was passed.Same…
Lea Black
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 5:23 pm
No surprise here. Democracy in America goes to the highest bidder, The NRA, EXXON, BANKS
None of whom were on my voter’s ballot, but they got into the right pockets!
Jim Grandone
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 5:34 pm
The real headline is “Republicans Unanimous Response To Sandy Hook Massacre: F**k You”
mike
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 11:42 pm
Hey Jim – I wrote a song after Sandy Hook because I’m sick of this crap! It’s a rockin’ little tune called “F*** the NRA”. Please give it a listen —- like it and comment if you feel its worthwhile!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n...
All the best!
Mike
RJJB
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 5:45 pm
Democracy is as dead as the Sandy hook massacre victims when it takes 60 votes to pass legislation. Obviously, Wayne La Pierre and Ted Nugent own the Senate, and the NRA and 8% of the American people control this pathetic nation. The Democrats who vote against background checks when 92% of the population supports them serve the likes of Nugent and La Pierre, not the people. What a country.
Kelly
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 5:47 pm
America! The only country in the world where 44 is more than 56.
Ronde
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 5:54 pm
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Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 6:16 pm
How did they stand up for the constitution? That document says nothing about background checks. This bill tyook no ones guns nor banned assault weapons like a real bill would have. This just closed the loopholes, and here you are, making a fool of the constitution
djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 6:23 pm
Have you ever read the Constitution? You honestly want felons to own weapons?I can understand you want the mentally ill though
PSzymeczek
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 2:11 pm
Ronde, did you ever read the Militia Acts of 1792 and 1903? The National Guard and Reserves are the Militia.
djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 2:16 pm
It doesnt read. Just like a doll pull its string and will repeat what is programmed to say
djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 5:59 pm
I’m disappointed by the dummycrats but I understand and they do live in states where the crazy really rules.You dont want to see the alternatives so it is what it is.
Tom Corburn my senator you are on record saying something has to be done.You are not running again.Why a no vote.Jeff Flake you said you wanted to support something.This bill was so watered down but being a coward you under the coverage of the terrorist attack went on facebook, facebook really to announce your no vote.Pitiful.Just Pitiful a nation represented by cowards.
dancertiffy
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 6:28 pm
Let us not forget that gun restriction laws are moving fowards at the state level, and that is where we need to focus our efforts. Did we really expect this dysfunctional congress to accomplish anything? About all they have been able to do is force austerity measures on us and hoping we would not notice since they called it sequester; we noticed.
Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 6:37 pm
Good point
Voluntaryist
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 6:38 pm
Yeah, these rotten Senators put individual liberty and the Second Amendment ahead of the hysterical whining of the far communist left who feel that majority opinion should simply override the Bill of Rights whenever a media-generated “crisis” tugs at their heartstrings. What truly rotten scum these senators, and gun owners, and gun rights groups really are!
Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 8:39 pm
You guys have got to read this silliness from a guy who has no clue what the gun bill said, nor does he have any idea what the constitution and the Supreme court says.
On top of that he laughs at the kids who die by guns
Reynardine
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 6:48 pm
If mobs of *liberals* showed up open-carrying deadly weapons, you see how fast there would be a vote to restrict access to them.
djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 7:22 pm
See Ronald Reagan and the black panthers
Ronde
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 8:59 pm
They stood up for the Constitution by not allowing semi-automatic guns to be outlawed. You know the whole banning of guns that is unconstitutional. High time the Congress follows what the Constitution says.
djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 9:05 pm
Where in the Constitution does it say you cant ban assault rifles? Oh my bad semi auto matic rifles?
Ronde
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 9:34 pm
djchefron,
“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”. You understand English right? Have you even read anything written by the founders? I love what Jefferson had to say about this. “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” Seems pretty simple to me. NOW again do tell where in the constitution banning guns is allowed!
djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 9:45 pm
Then why did congress regulate machine guns and the Supreme court upheld that you can regulate arms?
Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 9:53 pm
Yawn. The supreme court says that only applies to pistols shotguns and rifles. Not assault rifles.
You do need to catch up. You dont make the laws or interpret the constitution.
Ronde
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 9:53 pm
Love how the reply button disappeared from you comment. No you cannot regulate guns according to the Constitution, SCOUTS got it wrong. You can regulate people. As a free person under common law, which our Constitution is based on, the government cannot outlaw guns, free speech, the right of assembly, as well as the rest of the “Bill of Rights”. I would have thought somebody would have taught you this by now.
Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 9:58 pm
LOL, the chat only goes 5 levels. Then you can no longer respond.
The supreme court interprets the law. You are left out in the cold and have no platform to argue from.
The government can ban assault weapons nuclear bombs and artillery. You are a one trick pony who fails to understand the law
djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 10:03 pm
“I am too old to live my life in fear of dumb people.”
Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 10:17 pm
Ronde is numero uno that should be disarmed.
Steven
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 9:59 pm
Well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed that’s the 2nd Amendment idiot
Reynardine
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 10:29 pm
Then it’s a pity my right to shove an A-bomb into your vicious little mouth is being abridged.
Ronde
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 10:37 pm
Thinking that SCOTUS is the final judge on these matters is weak thinking at best. The rights enshrined in the Constitution are what holds this country together. To think that this generation cares so little about what has been given them is more disconcerting. We live in a civilized society, bound by 1 founding document, yet you would think no one has taken the time to read what the founders themselves have said, whilst they were writing it. A step better, that may give you more insight into this would be to look at the real document that started this country. The Declaration of Independence. For you to decry parts of the Constitution because it doesn’t fit you or your simplistic view of the world, is well laughable at best.
Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 10:41 pm
Thats right. And the supreme court is part of the constitution. The part of the constitution you cant wrap your head around. Sorry. No unlimited weapons for you
That means YOU are the one ” decry parts of the Constitution because it doesn’t fit you or your simplistic view of the world, ”
Get it? You havent read the constitution. You only read what you wanted to read.
BTW I am 63. what generation you talking about? I have books on the founders and they were only about citizens having weapons for war.
Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 10:46 pm
Here, read this and piss off
www.politifact.com/truth-...
be proud of the bloodshed
The Supreme court trumps all.
djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 10:54 pm
Here is something to think about
Alabama: Toddler shot in Prichard
California: 1-Year-Old Struck by Stray Bullet Released From Hospital
California: Two teens dead, two injured in Oceanside
California: Girl, 10, hit by flying debris after shooting
California: 7-year-old boy shot, injured at backyard barbecue
Florida: Child In Hospital After Shooting In Northwest Miami-Dade
Florida: Teen Accidentally Kills Brother With Gun in Second Orlando Shooting By A Minor
Illinois: Three Questioned in Shooting of 14-Year-Old in Pilsen
Illinois: Man, 12-Year-Old Son, Wounded In South Side Shooting
Indiana: The fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy in his home appears to be a case of mistaken identity
Kansas: Police in Kansas City suburb apprehend 14-year-old after girl, 6, shot in leg at office
Kansas: Police identify 14-year-old shooting victim
Kentucky: 11-year-old shot in Shawnee early Sunday morning
Maryland: Man, 4-year-old daughter shot in Overlea
Maryland: 2 Injured In Baltimore Double Shooting; One Victim Is 11 Years Old
Massachusetts: Stray bullet barely misses sleeping child in Roslindale
Mississippi: 7-year-old stable after accidental shooting in Saucier
New York: NYPD Officer Shoots One-Year-Old Son and Boyfriend in Brooklyn Murder-Suicide
Oregon: Oregon City girl dead after shot from man practicing with gun
Pennsylvania: Juvenile hit by stray bullet in York City
Pennsylvania: 17-year-old girl shot in West Mifflin
Tennessee: Toddler shoots self in head by accident and lives
Tennessee: Reports: Father accidentally shoots, kills 10-month-old son in front of family
Tennessee: Child Grazed By Bullet In South Nashville Shooting
Tennessee: Teen Shot Near Downtown Nashville
Texas: 4-year-old shoots himself with stolen gun
Texas: Boy, 9, shot in leg by stray bullet
Texas: Dallas boy accidentally shoots self in church parking lot
Texas: Teen shot in head after leaving southwest Houston nightclub
Utah: Father denied bail for killing 5-month-old
Virginia: Police search for suspects in shooting that injured 2 children
Wisconsin: Teen wounded in shooting; Milwaukee police seeking suspect
Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 11:02 pm
LOL dont like it when you are beat do you?
Goodbye ronde.
Side2
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 7:15 am
How convenient of you to ignore the precursor clause of the Second Amendment “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State…” Read the summary of US v. Miller (1939) www.law.cornell.edu/annco... where the Supreme Court defined a militia as a body of “civilians primarily, soldiers on occasion…acting in concert for the common defense,” who “when called for service…were expected to appear bearing arms supplied by themselves and of the kind in common use at the time” that States could rely for defense and securing of the laws.
As a result, the Court outlawed a ‘shotgun having a barrel of less than 18 inches in length’ due to its irrelevance to the preservation of a well–regulated militia. Just as significant, the 1700s dearth of communication and transportation made the citizen soldier essential to support the common defense. The value of placing unlimited firepower in everyone’s hands was far less obvious to the common…
Mary
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 10:16 am
You are a smug ignorant red neck. You care more about having as many metal phallic symbols then saving the lives of innocent people. You are a truly SMALL person in many ways.Maybe it takes losing someone close to you to understand.
PSzymeczek
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 2:14 pm
What National Guard or Army Reserve unit do you belong to, Ronde? The Second Amendment provides for a well-regulated militia, which, in accordance with the Militia Act of 1903, comprises the National Guard and Reserves.
djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 2:44 pm
Unit 451 of the people militia codename Wolverine
Dan
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 2:59 pm
Jefferson did not write 98% of the stuff the right wingnuts attribute to him.
Shiva
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Jefferson wasnt even at the writing of the constitution.
In fact he was in France. But he did communicate through snail mail
Dee
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 7:33 pm
You edited the amendment,in order to make your point. No surprise there! Here is the ENTIRE sentence that you quoted from:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”.
Now,are YOU a well regulated militia? No? Then you’re set to make the mistake of “infringing” on our MILITIA’s DUTY to keep us secure. Good luck w/that!
Shiva
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 9:51 pm
The constitution doesnt say that. The supreme court says they can ban assault type weapons. You really need to catch up
BTW, how many have you killed today?
Liminalx
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 9:01 pm
“Majority Leader Harry Reid switching his vote to no for procedural reasons.” Explain the “procedural reasons” to me, ’cause I ain’t buyin’ it!
djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 9:03 pm
He did it so he can bring it back up for another vote.The majority leader will always vote no when he knows the fake filibuster won the day.But there’s always tomorrow
Brian Loudermilch
Apr. 17th, 2013 at 10:21 pm
Anyone who thinks that this is Over Needs
to Think AGAIN.
The 2014 election cycle will be starting
in a little over 18 Months.
I Can’t wait until the Campaign Adds remind
Everyone exactly WHO voted for Murdering
Children.
Arunachalam P Thangachalam
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 12:40 am
Its all right we all for it to kill the future generations, that’s what it says. Those kids are tomorrow’s leaders. Some of our older people don’t want to see to save those future generation. Second amendment is amended because England banning of American owning of Guns. American owning of guns will interfere with their governing and control of America. It is the war strategy. It is the way of saying English no to their governing. This amendment required then not anymore. So don’t pull second amendment all the time. Owning guns have provided and facilitated lot of suicide, homicide and mass murder. It is time to re-amend the second amendment and be civil about it. Thank you.
PSzymeczek
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 2:16 pm
Brian, the 2014 election cycle starts in less than six months.
RailroadMike
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 12:48 am
I have to remember to be a politcian you have to be nutts and a felon that never fears going to jail.
clennis05
Apr. 18th, 2013 at 5:57 pm
Don’t forget the two wetupka, ok girls, what a lowlife that did it and, yes we’re both under the same umbrella as “Uncle Tom C”. What a roach.
Alexander Koppen
Apr. 19th, 2013 at 1:43 am
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