Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 6/9/2021
Erich Pratt, Senior Vice President of Gun Owners of America sent out an email blast yesterday accusing Texas Senator John Cornyn of attempting to sell out gun owners:
We have an emergency on our hands.
While preparing to fight back against the ATF’s unconstitutional regulation of pistol braces, we learned some disturbing news…
Senator John Cornyn — a Republican who should be pro-2A — is quietly making a deal with the rabid anti-gunner, Chris Murphy, to pass universal background checks.
We need EVERY gun owner in America to take action right now to prevent what would be Armageddon for the Second Amendment.
The language seems overwrought in that direct mail we’re-all-going-to-die-unless-you-donate way. Is there some truth to it? Apparently so:
After years of failed attempts to pass a firearms background check bill, two senators think they have a path to agreement — at least on one key component of a deal.
Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, have been quietly negotiating a way to bolster background check rules by making a small but consequential tweak to current law, which they say would close an unintended loophole in the system that has led to preventable mass shootings.
House-passed legislation to require background checks on nearly all gun purchases has stalled in the Senate. But Murphy and Cornyn, who have been negotiating behind closed doors with little fanfare, believe they may have a formula that can attract broad support from both parties.
Bipartisan, of course, means that the Stupid Party and the Evil Party get together to do something stupid and evil. Or, in this case, Republicans go squishy in the face of Democrat demands. The NBC makes it sound innocuous:
More:
https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=48344
