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Congressional 'knee jerk' anti-gun legislation shot down
[Politico] One day after the deadliest U.S. mass shooting in nearly three years, the Senate voted down a pair of gun-control measures that were designed by Democrats to put Republicans on record on the charged issue.

The votes, which came in connection with GOP legislation to repeal Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood, marked the first roll calls on the Senate floor this year that would enact tougher restrictions on firearms. And despite a continued push from Democrats and gun-control advocates, as well as scores of fatal mass shootings nationwide -- from churches to community colleges to a center for people with developmental disabilities -- not a single lawmaker changed position from an ambitious gun overhaul effort that failed more than two years ago.

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-21
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