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I'll have to miss most of this today because I'm tied up, but according to Senate.gov, discussion of the bill starts up today at High Noon. I think Tomorrow's most of the votes.

WASHINGTON - A powerful House committee on Thursday approved legislation that would block antigun lawsuits of the kind now being argued by the NAACP in federal court, alleging a link between gun marketing practices and street violence. By a 21-11 vote, the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee approved legislation to prohibit lawsuits from being brought against gun and ammunition manufacturers, distributors, dealers and importers for damages resulting from "misuse" of their product. Only one Democrat, Rick Boucher of Virginia, voted to send the legislation on to the full House for approval, with all of the rest voting against the bill. Republicans...

S.108 Introduced by Senator Ankeney of Chittenden County Referred to Committee on Date: Subject: Crimes; weapons; negligent storage of a firearm Statement of purpose: This bill proposes to make it a crime for a person to negligently leave a firearm accessible to a child. AN ACT RELATING TO NEGLIGENT STORAGE OF A FIREARM It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: Sec. 1. FINDINGS (a) American children are more at risk from firearms than the children of any other industrialized nation, and the rate of firearm deaths for children 0-14 years old is nearly 12...