Harry Reid May Call for Vote on Gun Control Legislation: Says, ‘We Need More Votes’

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Harry Reid May Call for Vote on Gun Control Legislation: Says, ‘We Need More Votes’
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Charlotte, NC –-(Ammoland.com)- Gun control activists have recently renewed their efforts to gain ground on Capitol Hill.

As we reported this week, they continue to exploit high-profile national tragedies in an attempt to push their anti-gun agenda.

They use grieving victims to falsely claim that enacting their “reforms” would have prevented these tragedies.  Anti-gun groups sponsored by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg are trying to convince Congress to enact their proposals.  And as we saw this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) wants to help them do just that.

As reported this week by the Washington Examiner, Reid said Tuesday that he may call for a vote on so-called “universal” background check legislation.  The article noted that Reid said he had no expectation the legislation would pass, but the vote would help highlight the differences between the two parties when it comes to gun control.

“We need some more votes,” Reid said. “But it may be good to bring this up just to send the American people another message about how 85 percent of the American people can agree on one thing, but it doesn’t mean a thing to the Republicans here.”

As you know, in April 2013, the U.S. Senate, on a bipartisan vote, soundly rejected gun control attempts pushed by Sen. Reid, President Obama and a host of anti-gun legislators in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy.

The current push by the anti-gunners is all the more disingenuous in light of the fact that some anti-gun activists themselves have acknowledged that their proposed “solutions” won’t work.  This week, Mark Glaze, the former executive director of Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, admitted that “nothing we have to offer” would prevent mass shootings.

The bottom line is this:  The anti-Second Amendment agenda being financed and pushed by Bloomberg and his anti-gun supporters restricts the rights of lawful gun owners and does nothing to stop violent crime.  It’s clear that their agenda is not to make our communities safer, but simply to eliminate our Second Amendment freedoms.  If they were truly concerned with saving lives, they would work to address our broken mental health system and ensure that violent criminals are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Michael Bloomberg and Harry Reid are not telling the truth to the American people.  Your U.S. Representative and Senators need to hear from your today.  Tell them you won’t stand for more ineffective bans on firearms; so-called “universal” background check systems; or any other gun control scheme that restricts the rights of law-abiding Americans.  Let them know they should focus on fixing our broken mental health system and prosecuting violent criminals.  Bloomberg thinks he can buy the American people and the U.S. Congress.  While he may have billions of dollars, he doesn’t have you.  Please contact your Senators and Representative today and tell them to stand up to Bloomberg’s lies!

You can contact your U.S. Senators and your U.S. Representative by using the “Write Your Lawmakers” tool at www.NRAILA.org.  You may also contact your Senators by phone at (202) 224-3121, and your Representative by phone at (202) 225-3121.

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Eaglesnester

Little old man Harry Reid is the single most despicable individual to be elected to any office in the United States. He is part of the reason that the United States is rapidly becoming a despotism.

Bob West

I thought this old douche bag was retiring? Harry go home and die no one cares what you think. Now if Republicans can grow a pair and tell BO and all his idiots that he and all the elected officials are employees not gods!!

Ol' Vet

It’s about money. Everything in DC is about money. everything in Amerika is about money, and the takers of large sums of money is obligated to do what the money man tells them. Almost the entire congress is beholden to one of the billionaires, and it shows every time they bring up things the people do not support. This is a prime example…soros, bloomkopf and all the rest. But they keep giving the money and the entire goobermnt responds to that money thing…and they get rich while claiming they represent the People of Amerika….yep! They are liars.

RDNK

Why do people always say Reid and the other trash are not telling the truth about this and that ? Just call it what it is,….their godd*mn liars !!!!

RDNK

NRA Rec.Harry Reid ? For what ? Scumbag of the year award ? The gungrabbing sissys are trying to get this crapped passed before the midterms ! It wont happen but harry and double barrel joe know they are done after midterms ! Paul and Ted Cruz are about to end all this bullshit where the liberals think they can revisit gun control over and over !

Larry Dougherty

So why does the NRA always recommend Harry Reid?