NEWTOWN, Conn –-(Ammoland.com)- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said last Tuesday that gun control proponents in the Senate “don’t have the votes” needed for passing any gun control legislation and he will not bring another bill to the floor until they do, although he did leave open the option for a narrower measure than the “universal background check bill” that failed earlier this year.
The Senate could not clear a 60-vote hurdle on that bill in April, falling five votes short.
Asked whether he could support advancing a narrower, mental-health-related measure, Reid said he was not sure there would be votes for such a bill but did not close the door to it, and Congress should do “anything we can to help prevent” future mass shootings.
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I guess that, since he doesn’t have the votes for ANTI-gun legislation, maybe he could use this opportunity to pass some good “reasonable” (their favorite codeword) PRO-gun bills…yes, of course I’m just kidding! In lieu of that happening, I agree – let’s get to the bottom of F’n’F (and Benghazi and the IRS, too!).
They won’t get the votes because 99% of the people don’t want gun control, no matter what Obama, Biden, or Holder say. Lies don’t make it so. Lets get to the bottom of Fast & Furious!