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House passes sweeping gun package in largely party-line vote
The hill ^ | 06/08/2022 | Mychael Schnell

Posted on 06/08/2022 4:41:19 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The House passed a sweeping gun package on Wednesday in response to last month’s mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y. and Uvalde, Texas, which killed more than 30 people and reignited the push for firearm legislation on Capitol Hill.

The package, dubbed the Protecting Our Kids Act, passed in a 223-204 vote. One Republican did not vote.

Two Democrats, Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and Kurt Schrader (Ore.), bucked the party in opposing the measure. Five Republicans — Reps. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Chris Jacobs (N.Y.) and Fred Upton (Mich.) — supported it.

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To: ChicagoConservative27

Not one syllable about hardening the school buildings. Ever wonder why so few shootings take place at banks? Banks are somewhat hardened, often have armed guards and hold things worth protecting.

Why not build schools like banks?


21 posted on 06/08/2022 5:17:17 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: DoughtyOne; GrumpyOldGuy

It’s a Right given by God and can’t be removed by Godless demonrats.


22 posted on 06/08/2022 5:20:20 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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To: Scrambler Bob

Likely for CCW.


23 posted on 06/08/2022 5:22:27 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Big Red Badger

Only a God given right if we utilize to shut the tyrants down.


24 posted on 06/08/2022 5:25:27 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (Buy JHP ammo, Level 3/4 armor and rifles. Won’t be able to for much longer, and we’re gonna need em)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Grandstanding in the midterms. Look at us !


25 posted on 06/08/2022 5:25:56 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: butlerweave

raise the age to buy a weapon to 21 ? //////

Then raise the voting age to 21.

Too immature to carry, too imature to vote.


26 posted on 06/08/2022 5:26:49 PM PDT by Surrounded_too
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To: Sacajaweau

Don’t be so sure.

More and more people are sensing these incidents are orchestrated.

The investigation of where/how the Uvalde shooter got the $1500 to buy the weapons, and chatter says the probes are bearing fruit.

So if that’s a valid thesis, it would follow that horrific incidents might die down.

Let’s pray that SCOTUS kicks these gun grabbers in the teeth before they’re assassinated by the Left’s lunatics.


27 posted on 06/08/2022 5:27:45 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Scrambler Bob
prohibit civilian use of ammunition magazines with more than 15 rounds

I know where my mags will fit.

28 posted on 06/08/2022 5:28:16 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Ha! Never underestimate the GOPe cowards.


29 posted on 06/08/2022 5:29:10 PM PDT by Fledermaus (With Trans Republicans like McCarthy and McConnell do we really want them to win Congress in 2022?)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

You may be surprised. And not in a good way.


30 posted on 06/08/2022 5:34:00 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Big Red Badger

While I agree with you, this Leftist governance will use any
excuse whatsoever to refuse you ANY gun ownership.

If they catch you in a small infraction, you’ll be looking
at your gun rights in the rear view mirror.

That’s what is so onerous about the move in this direction.

They are looking to force people into breaking small
infractions, so they can accomplish their goals.

There is an observation out there that states and the
federal government are making felons of any sane gun
owner, by continually changing the rules.


31 posted on 06/08/2022 5:35:13 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You would not be srong, ChicagoConservative27.

It’s a srap sandwich, for sure.


32 posted on 06/08/2022 5:38:12 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Hostage

I’ve heard $5k, with the optics and stuff. Not counting ammo...


33 posted on 06/08/2022 5:42:59 PM PDT by OKSooner (The Bedford boys say "Hi, Brandon".)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If it passes, states will challenge it fiercely.


34 posted on 06/08/2022 5:44:46 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I look forward to the passage of the

Get Donut Shop Cops Out Of The Way Of Parents Who Want To Save Their Children’s Lives Act.


35 posted on 06/08/2022 5:46:21 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

GUN-FREE ZONES KILL
REPEAL THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONE ACT OF 1990


FACT: Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year or 6,849 every day. 98+% of the time the gun is not fired and no blood (including the criminal’s) is shed.

SOURCE: http://www.gunfacts.info/pdfs/gun-facts/7.1/Gun-Facts-7.1-screen.pdf, pages 21, 83.


FACT: 98% of mass-shootings occur in gun-free zones

SOURCE: https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-percentage-mass-shootings-happen-gun-free-amanda-prestigiacomo




36 posted on 06/08/2022 5:47:29 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Contempt for pre-born human life breeds contempt for post-born human life.)
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To: DoughtyOne

10 of them? zero chance.


37 posted on 06/08/2022 5:48:36 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: kiryandil

You’ll notice the word “civilian” in there?
A reminder for everyone:

“The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms.

History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.”

Adolph Hitler


“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe.”

“The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.

Noah Webster


38 posted on 06/08/2022 5:53:26 PM PDT by justme4now (Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Warden, is your jail secure?

I’m proud to say it is. And I did it without violating Amendment II.


39 posted on 06/08/2022 5:59:23 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Hostage

Yes they are. Just talked to a good friend of mine. He told me this right out.


40 posted on 06/08/2022 6:02:37 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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