Crossover has passed and on Thursday the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed out several gun control bills which will now go to the U.S. Senate floor. These bills passed 10-8, a straight party line vote. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry … Read More
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Gun rights advocates deliver petition to Gov. Shumlin
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Gun rights advocates delivered thousands of signatures to Gov. Peter Shumlin, demanding no changes to Vermont’s gun laws.
A day after gun opponents called on lawmakers to take up control bills that have stalled in the House, … Read More
Senate Judiciary Passes ‘Universal Gun Registration’
The bad news is that today, the US Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senator Charles Schumer’s (D-NY) bill, S. 374, the misnamed “Protecting Responsible Gun Sellers Act of 2013”, mandating the “universal background checks” which are gun banner’s code words for … Read More
No Public Hearing Planned for Gun Legislation
Lawmakers say colleagues fear political retaliation.
Rep. Linda Waite-Simpson, left, talks about H.124, a bill that would close the gun show loophole and puts state statutes in place that mirror federal laws that prohibit felons, forensic mental health patients and … Read More