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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***** House back in session. Republicans want to recess late tonight until July. *****
The sit-in continues.
Stay tuned: http://www.c-span.org/video/?411624-1/democratic-sitin-gun-violence-continues&live=
Twitter LIVE: https://twitter.com/hashtag/nobillnobreak
People are going to the Capital now.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)so the Republicans can adjourn and go on vacation.
Adam J. Smith @AdamSmith_usa
This is powerful. Rep. Duckworth who lost both legs got out of her wheelchair to join the sit-in. #NoBillNoBreak
Meanwhile racist Ed was cut off after nonsensical ramblings got horribly boring. C-SPAN wasting time on callers while they vote.
Elizabeth Warren ?@SenWarren 1 hour ago
The @HouseGOP may run from a vote for common-sense gun measures, but they cant hide. #NoBillNoBreak
Full Frontal @FullFrontalSamB
Funny... @CSpan isnt carrying our sit-in either. #NoBillNoBreak #Enough
Skittles
(153,193 posts)yes INDEED
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)The White House ?@WhiteHouse
"If were going to raise our kids in a safer, more loving world, we need to speak up for it." @POTUS #NoBillNoBreak
Motion adopted.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Earl Blumenauer ?@repblumenauer
Thanks @RonWyden for the nutritional support. Deeply appreciated as is your leadership on gun safety. #NoBillNoBreak
Rep. Jim McGovern ?@RepMcGovern
Proud to join @RepJohnLewis, a living legend who knows what it takes to move mountains. Must act now. #NoBillNoBreak
Rep. John Larson Verified account ?@RepJohnLarson
Thanks to supporters outside chanting #NoBillNoBreak. We hear you & we'll keep fighting for you
Sheldon Whitehouse ?@SenWhitehouse
Supporting my #RI colleagues @JimLangevin @davidcicilline & Florida's House members w/@SenBillNelson. #NoBillNoBreak
Dianne Wing ?@DianneWing2
Neighbors of the Sandy Hook shooter stand with you @NancyPelosi @RepEsty @jahimes & @HouseDemocrats! #NoBillNoBreak
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)in the middle of the night. Cowards.
Sarah Flourance ?@TheBookFeminist 5 minutes ago
Um, a @CSPAN caller claims we have an assault weapons ban? I mean, GW Bush made sure we don't anymore. 💅🏼 #NoBillNoBreak
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Theo Marshall ?@TheoMarshallOff 8m8 minutes ago Santa Monica, CA
#SaveWomensLives #EnoughIsEnough #NoBillNoBreak #NoFlyNoBuy #StandTall #domesticviolence
lancer78
(1,495 posts)Of these shooters were on the no fly list? I would wager not many. The only way to stop the violence by guns is a full ban and door-to-door confiscation. Anything else is political masturbation.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)lancer78
(1,495 posts)Checks are very effective. I cannot get a gun because of my past mental health issues.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)number of gun deaths, which is far higher in the US than in other modern western countries that aren't in a state of war.
None of these mass shooters were on the no fly list. We thought we had found something we thought would pass easily so it could look like we (democrats) did something.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)Many people who would want these weapons wouldn't pass one.
lancer78
(1,495 posts)About the so called "gunshow loophole"? The vast majority of sellers at gunshows hold a federal license and are therefore required to do background checks. Do some research from non-biased sites before succumbing to the latest pandering.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)lancer78
(1,495 posts)This was a report done by NBC news.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)This is from 2013 but the same issues apply today.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/seeking-gun-or-selling-one-web-is-a-land-of-few-rules.html?pagewanted=all
The intentions and background of the prospective buyer were hidden, as is customary on such sites. The person posting these ads, however, left a phone number, enabling The New York Times to trace them to their source: Omar Roman-Martinez, 29, of Colorado Springs, who has a pair of felony convictions for burglary and another for motor vehicle theft, as well as a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction all of which bar him from having guns. Yet he was so determined he even offered to trade a tablet computer or a vintage Pepsi machine for firearms.
When questioned in a telephone interview, Mr. Roman-Martinez said he ultimately decided not to buy a weapon. He also insisted that a 9-millimeter handgun he posted for sale on the Web site last month belonged to someone else.
Im a felon, he said. I cant possess firearms.
The mere fact that Mr. Roman-Martinez was seeking to buy and sell guns on Armslist underscores why extending background checks to the growing world of online sales has become a centerpiece of new gun legislation being taken up in the Senate this week. With no requirements for background checks on most private transactions, a Times examination found, Armslist and similar sites function as unregulated bazaars, where the essential anonymity of the Internet allows unlicensed sellers to advertise scores of weapons and people legally barred from gun ownership to buy them.
The bipartisan Senate compromise under consideration would require that background checks be conducted through federally licensed dealers on all Internet and gun show sales. Gun control advocates argue that such checks might have prevented shootings like that of Zina Haughton, 42, who was killed in October with two other women by her husband, Radcliffe, even though a restraining order barred him from having guns. Mr. Haughton simply contacted a private seller on Armslist and handed over $500 in a McDonalds parking lot for a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol and three magazines.
anigbrowl
(13,889 posts)There were three bills offered for consideration:
a. 'No fly, no buy' - forbidding sales of guns to people who are on the no-fly list.
b. Universal background checks
c. Enable CDC funding to study gun violence
No one measure is likely to have a definite impact. But they all have the potential to help. 'No fly no buy' strikes me as a largely symbolic piece of legislation but one that serves as a useful political hook to get attention for the other two and won't seriously infringe on anyone's civil liberties.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)lancer78
(1,495 posts)What an idiotic meme. A person cannot be held responsible for a legally sold product if that product was used in an illegal manner.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Tyler Prendergast ?@LerPrendergast 1 minute ago
"We SHOULD adhere to #dueprocess. But there's no reason to make that more stringent for guns than for airplane rights." #NoBillNoBreak
Oregon Alliance ?@OregonAlliance 32 minutes ago
It's late but the phones need to ring - do YOUR part, #Oregon, and call now #NoBillNoBreak #NoFlyNoBuy @Everytown
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Grant Jenkins ?@JGrantJenkins 37 seconds ago
"If we can take 50 votes to repeal Obamacare, we can take ONE vote to combat gun violence in this country!" @RepAlGreen #NoBillNoBreak
Steny Hoyer @WhipHoyer
Told supporters that Dems wont quit until we vote to address gun violence #NoBillNoBreak #HoldTheFloor
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)"Merciful God. ..." OMG, what the fuck, do they always start with metaphysical beliefs?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Impressive how the clerk is totally unaffected.
Gentleman from Texas calls question, 15 minute vote. No debate by Dems was allowed while the Rs were given 60 minutes.
#NoBillNoBreak trending #1 all day now, incredible.
C-SPAN replaying Pelosi on steps earlier today.
Nancy Pelosi ?@NancyPelosi 6 hours ago
Thank you to advocates gathered outside the Capitol joining our effort to say #NoBillNoBreak.
tblue37
(65,488 posts)lancer78
(1,495 posts)As that vote strips due process. Even the ACLU agrees.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Victoria S ?@surrexi 42 seconds ago
I'm sorry, am I given to understand, that the Republicans have LITERALLY SILENCED the Democrats? If so, WHAT THE FUCK? #NoBillNoBreak
Renata ?@R_Candasss 1 minute ago
#NoBillNoBreak because it is easier for a 13 year old to buy an assault riffle than a lottery ticket
C-SPAN playing music at this hour. Weird. But good, and sad too, sad music that is.
lancer78
(1,495 posts)Was ignorant. The man wasn't a terrorist.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Shame, Shame, Shame. How many more Americans will have been killed when they come back from their break.
Abe Wichner ?@abewichner 52 seconds ago
#NoBillNoBreak #NoBillNoVote Shame on you @HouseGOP @SpeakerRyan
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Donald J. Trump ?@realDoneldTrump 1 minute ago
Thank You @SpeakerRyan for staying up tonight to vote on Zika #NoBillNoBreak #NoFlyNoMosquito
C-SPAN is now broadcasting the pirate Periscope feed. The sit-in continues, the revolution is being televised.....
C-SPAN just lost the feed, so John Lewis from earlier today.
Good night everyone. Where should we start sit-ins in the morning?