Democrats' calls for gun control vote ignored as House adjourns until after July 4

[txradioguy]

Democrat leaders attempted to force a vote on gun control legislation by carrying out an hours-long sit-in on the House floor, but Republican leaders ignored the calls and the chants and carried on with legislative business late Wednesday into early Thursday.

The House adjourned around 3:15 a.m. ET Thursday, and even as Republicans left the buildings, Democrats stayed on the House floor repeating their chant “No bill no break!” and waving papers with the names of gun victims written in black. Rep. Maxine Waters of California said she was ready to stay “until Hell freezes over.”

As the sit-in extended into the early dawn, Democrats began to wind down the protest. However, a core group still lingered on the House floor wrapped in blankets and resting on pillows. A crowd cheered them on from outside the Capitol and many more following the theatrics on social media.

Democrats declared success in dramatizing the arguments for action to stem gun violence, despite the failure to conjure a vote.

"Just because they cut and run in the dark of night, just because they have left doesn't mean we are taking no for an answer," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

"We won't stop until the job is done," the Californian declared to fellow Democrats camped out in the well of the House in the early hours of the morning, saying the party had changed "the dynamic of what happens" concerning guns.

House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland said the public shouldn't be happy with a Republican majority that shut down the House and disregarded "the unfinished business of the American people."

Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who had participated in the civil rights sit-ins in the South in the 1960s, declared Thursday that “some progress” was made in the lawmakers’ efforts to get the attention of the nation to recognize the need for a vote on gun control legislation.

“We have other bridges to cross. And when we come back in July, we start it all over again,” he added.

With pressure mounting, Republicans fiercely resisted the Democrats’ calls, saying their colleagues had accomplished nothing other than disrupting the business of the House to score political points. House Speaker Paul Ryan called it “a publicity stunt.”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/23/democrats-calls-for-gun-control-vote-ignored-as-house-adjourns-until-after-july-4.html?intcmp=hpbt1

[txradioguy]

Dumbasses....this is the House of Representatives 2016....not the Administration offices at UC Berkley in 1968! And further more...you idiot Liberals aren't even protesting about what REALLY killed 49 people in that nightclub to begin with!

[starstruck]

Dumbasses....this is the House of Representatives 2016....not the Administration offices at UC Berkley in 1968! And further more...you idiot Liberals aren't even protesting about what REALLY killed 49 people in that nightclub to begin with!

The Republicans need to tell the Democrats "Before we can pass any kind of gun control we need to get rid of the 2nd Amendment because we will be infringing on the rights of the people which the amendment says we can't do. That requires 2/3 of the Senate and House. Then it goes to the states where 38 must pass it. Are you ready for a vote to overturn the 2nd Amendment?"

[Cyber Liberty]

We're paying for the upkeep of that building, and that means we're paying the electric bill.  Turn off the lights and the air conditioning, see how long they last.

That Sergeant at Arms is worthless for allowing this BS.  He has the authority to kick them all out.  Bring in the Capitol Police if he has to carry them.

[Cyber Liberty]

The Republicans need to tell the Democrats "Before we can pass any kind of gun control we need to get rid of the 2nd Amendment because we will be infringing on the rights of the people which the amendment says we can't do. That requires 2/3 of the Senate and House. Then it goes to the states where 38 must pass it. Are you ready for a vote to overturn the 2nd Amendment?"

 

[Smokin Joe]

The Republicans need to tell the Democrats "Before we can pass any kind of gun control we need to get rid of the 2nd Amendment because we will be infringing on the rights of the people which the amendment says we can't do. That requires 2/3 of the Senate and House. Then it goes to the states where 38 must pass it. Are you ready for a vote to overturn the 2nd Amendment?"

The Bill of Rights does not GRANT Rights. It names certain and especially sacrosanct God-Given Rights to keep the hungry tendrils of the usurper at bay, and then goes on to say any Right not specifically prohibited to the States and the People or granted to the Federal Government remains with the States and the People.

Whether or not a piece of paper says you have that Right is meaningless. It is there, like the air you breathe: a gift, not from a Government, but from The Almighty.

Overturning the Second Amendment would not take away the Right.

[starstruck]

The Bill of Rights does not GRANT Rights. It names certain and especially sacrosanct God-Given Rights to keep the hungry tendrils of the usurper at bay, and then goes on to say any Right not specifically prohibited to the States and the People or granted to the Federal Government remains with the States and the People.

Whether or not a piece of paper says you have that Right is meaningless. It is there, like the air you breathe: a gift, not from a Government, but from The Almighty.

Overturning the Second Amendment would not take away the Right.

What you say may be true, but those rights are slowly being eroded away. Congress, the States and courts have already violated our rights by laws passed and rulings that approve those laws.

Say that overturning the 2nd Amendment doesn't take away the right is great in principle but lousy in reality. I'm sure the Supremes wouldn't use the Almighty as justification for keeping the Amendment.

Ginsburg has already made some stupid statement about the young Country not being able to afford a standing army was the reason behind the 2nd and that it was no longer necessary.

I don't think you could come anywhere close to getting the 2nd overturned by Constitutional amendment. That is why I think it should be used as a reason not to allow Congress to further erode our rights.