Gun owner issues in the Senate this week

[RealGun]

GOA encouraged membership to contact Senators about preserving the filibuster, and the Senate is scheduled to vote on it as early as today. But only this morning on Imus did I learn from Rick Santorum calling in as a guest that the filibuster is only to be eliminated from executive session, not legislative. I thought I was paying attention, and GOA certainly suggested that future legislation (legislative session) would be a concern.

Judge nominations are voted on in executive session. Gun bills are voted on in legislative session. Santorum made it sound like filibusters would remain an option in legislative session. Actually I had the impression that a compromise has been found and we are only now hearing about it. I thought I had been paying attention. Not only that but most of the arguments I have read have clearly been fretting about the total removal of the filibuster.

The second issue is that the gun manufacturers liability protection bill, a watered down version, could be debated later this week. That would include a full alert for gun control amendments, AWB, Feinstein, Schumer, et al.

Might be a good time to track via CSPAN2 or live by computer at http://www.fednet.net/. Get those emails ready. For an overview of current legislation see GOA Legislative alerts

 

[jnojr]

If DiFi can just add an AWB amendment to a bill, why can't someone else just strip it out?

Why can't a pro-rights representative add pro-gun amendments to the silly bills the Dems are desperate to pass?

 

[RealGun]

Why can't a pro-rights representative add pro-gun amendments to the silly bills the Dems are desperate to pass?

I don't think they would bother unless the bill already had enough support to pass. You also have the problem of finding any gun bill that is good legislation or should be necessary.