Imagine how much safer the Boston Marathon would have been if the people around the bombs were all armed!
Breaking News: Senate votes 54-46 in favor of expanded background checks measure, failing to reach 60-vote threshold
Texas Senator Offers ‘National Conceal-Carry Reciprocity Legislation’
10:23 AM, Apr 17, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER
Texas senator John Cornyn announced this morning that he’s offering “National Conceal-Carry Reciprocity Legislation” in the Senate, according to a press release from his office.
“U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced an amendment to S. 649 which would guarantee the rights of gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines and within other states that also have conceal-carry laws,” the press release from his office reads.
Background check bill faces likely Senate defeat
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WASHINGTON (AP) – A bipartisan effort to expand background checks faced almost certain defeat Wednesday as the Senate approached a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown drew near, an Associated Press-GfK poll showed ebbing public support for tightening gun control laws. With the roll call just hours away, yet another Republican – Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire – declared she would vote against the background check measure. Her announcement, along with opposition from other Republicans and some moderate Democrats, left supporters heading toward defeat unless they could turn votes around in the final hours, a near impossible task.