Toomey: 'I gave this my best shot'

The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | April 19, 2013 | Jonathan Tamari

[Timber Rattler]

After two weeks in the national spotlight, Sen. Pat Toomey was ready to move on.

Toomey, seeming refreshed Thursday after the deflating defeat of his background-check plan the day before, greeted reporters with a smile as he rode an escalator up from the Capitol's subway platform. But the Pennsylvania Republican did not want to talk much about the fight that had put him at the center of the political and cultural maelstrom on gun laws.

"The Senate has spoken on this," Toomey said. "It's not obvious to me what alternative path forward there is. I gave this my best shot."

[TigersEye]

Your shot at the Constitution was noticed, Toomey,

[Still Thinking]

"The Senate has spoken on this," Toomey said. "It's not obvious to me what alternative path forward there is. I gave this my best shot."

Well, I assume "forward" is defined as the direction towards more freedom, so what the heck is wrong with the status quo, followed by repeal of any of the existing laws found to be inequitable or obsolete? Why is it taken as a given that rights-theft by the government is "forward"?

[gdc61]

Takes one to know one... as they say