Senators who have voted to ban .30-30 ammo

Wow.

Nice to see my current state is not on that list.
Not registered to vote here; not sure I'll be here long.

Nomadic is a way of life....

Nematocyst said:

Wow.

Nice to see my current state is not on that list.

Nomadic is a way of life....

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They have it all wrong, they need to ban body armor, safes, armored vehicles and tanks so there will be no armor to penetrate.

Not surprised to see Graham is not still in office, us Floridians like our gun's.

It displays how clueless these people are.

Another reason to vote out Murray. The polls have been going for weeks and the incumbent and challenger are literally neck-to-neck between Murray and Rossi. I suspect a lot of national focus will come down to our state as it might tip the balance of Congress.

I do question what would happen if the race does end up being close once all the ballots are counted (our state switched to an all mail-in system so they'll take a few days to trickle in after election day). Last time Rossi ran for governor against the incumbent, he won. However the incumbent pushed two separate recounts until results from "mysteriously discovered missing ballots" tipped in her favor, then claimed victory with no more recounts, and stole the governor's office.

You have to show the weapon this cartridge was designed for in 1894!





It was an attempt to ban virtually all rifle calibers.
Brazil has done this under basically the same tactic.


Nevermind that the original intent of the 2nd Amendment is completely defeated if tyranny can deploy agents with armor that can defeat the arms held by the citizenry.

Cesiumsponge: A Cali Bay Area newspaper just last week had an article about recounts already being planned. Maybe they know something I don't.

Even though I have no love for Boxer's opponent, I'll be voting against Boxer.

Come Tuesday, that list will be reduced by one.

TERM LIMITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this was GOVERNMENT never set up to be a CAREER.........................................

Dayton (D-MN)

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Please note that gun-grabbing Mark Dayton is running for Governor of Minnesota.

Feingold (D-WI)

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My Wisconsin neighbors: Please vote anti-gun Feingold OUT!

And we promise to keep Favre (love him!/hate him!) out of a Packer uniform until his Hall of Fame induction.

I noticed the only Republican in the criminal line-up is no longer in office. Did this vote hasten his departure/removal?

Jimmy, Chaffee was a RINO of the worst order. He's another one who "inherited" his seat, being appointed after his father died. After losing his seat to a Democrat, he became an Independent and I believe is currently running for Governor.

I KNOW I'm not the only one to notice that they are all (except for the rino) from the same party. I guess pointing out that fact will be too political for discussion though.

I KNOW I'm not the only one to notice that they are all (except for the rino) from the same party. I guess pointing out that fact will be too political for discussion though.

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There is a trick in Congress though, seen more on well known controversial issues.
In the Senate especially where there is only 100 total members most of them know in detail the positions of other senators. They (or more accurately their aides that do that for them) can also reference their known positions on certain topics.

Most of them also know what issues will be voted on in a given day well in advance. The result is that many of them know who is voting for what and the likely result of the vote on many issues days before the actual vote.
What some will do is only vote for something unpopular if it is likely to actually pass, and abstain from voting or vote in line with what their constituents won't punish them for if it has no chance of passing.

The result is something that really would have only failed by a few votes goes into official record as failing by many more votes because of all the individuals who abstain or vote contrary to how they would have if their vote actually would have changed the outcome.

These politicians can then cite not having voted for something they would have voted for if it was close to passing. For example a Southern Democrat won't vote for some gun control they may have if it was closer to passing and their vote was needed. As a result they take no local heat from their constituents without really



What all of this means is that the official voting record on various issues is not always as clear is it may appear.

For example, while I don't know to what extent that applies in this case, let us look at the numbers
13 Democrats voted nay. 63 total voted nay. If you remove the 13 you still have a solid 50 nays. Meaning they couldn't have gotten anywhere anyways.

Republicans of course do the same thing on certain issues, voting for the more popular choice or abstaining if their vote won't make a difference to keep their record a certain way. They might take the tarnish if their vote actually will decide the outcome, but vote in the way that gives the best citable record if it won't.
Like certain Republicans against guns as individuals may vote against gun control, unless it is on the verge of passing at which point they may vote for it.
Instead of going down as voting for something that didn't pass anyways they only take the position unpopular with their party if their individual vote will decide the outcome. (Unless the thing that won't pass is important enough to their constituents to have on their record for re-election as having voted for.)



So you can only judge the politicians and hold them accountable by what they have done, but keep individual votes in context. They often don't tell the whole story.
If word got out that X and Y, people known to have a staunch position on an issue were changing their positions, and Z was changing their position because X agreed to vote the way Z wanted on another piece of legislation in a private meeting if Z votes how they want, then an additional large number of individuals can instantly change their votes as a block when they see the issue will actually be close enough to be decided by their votes.

How certain individuals vote can change dramatically if their vote will actually be a deciding factor.

Regardless of how they play the game ,it is only their votes they actually cast that matter.

Idiots!!!!

Guns, like any other TOOLS are precisely that, a TOOL.
Now take for instance the ball peen hammer. Fantastic TOOL in the hands of many a craftsmen. But the ball peen hammer is also quite popular among some very well known motorcycle enthusiasts. Well actually a motorcycle gang. They wear the ball peen hammer through their belts and use it as a fierce WEAPON. And with this WEAPON they have killed and maimed many in fights and brutal attacks.
So with the brightest and the best of the best serving as our elected officials I'm quite surprised that the ball peen hammer hasn't yet been banned! In fact I suggest that Americans run out and buy any/all ball peen hammers because based on their track record our elected officials may soon ban this TOOL uhhh I mean WEAPON since it's responsible for so much pain, suffering and death.
I am so sick & tired of illogical thinkers trying to cure the cold by killing off the people that I can't help but feel these folks are just plain crazy. The ball peen doesn't do the crime the person does. The gun doesn't shoot people the criminal that our system let's lose time after time again and again is the one responsible for doing the crime. If they didn't have this 30 30 they would go with the 7.63X39 or the 40 caliber or whatever it was they culd get their hands on.

Regardless of why they voted that way, they did. Anyone that owns a gun and votes for those people doesnt deserve to own that gun. I'll take all the heat anyone wants to heap on me for saying that, because its true.

Chuck Schumer from NY is on the ballot November 2nd.

As of last night, Feingold...gone!

Hey ReadyontheRight, you better keep your promise:

And we promise to keep Favre (love him!/hate him!) out of a Packer uniform until his Hall of Fame induction.

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As of last night, Feingold...gone!

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