A proposed amendment to extend gun background checks failed in the Senate on Wednesday in a 54-46 vote. The Morning Joe Panel – including Time’s Mark Halperin, former Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT), and the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein – discussed the vote yesterday with Morning Joe host, Joe Scarborough a former GOP legislator himself. The […]
President Obama spoke about “common-sense” gun control reforms following the defeat of a series of amendment votes in the Senate, including the Manchin-Toomey Amendment expanding background checks. He was joined by Former Representative Gabriel Giffords and other victims of gun violence. TRANSCRIPT: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: A few months ago, in response to too many tragedies, including […]
Under presssure from the NRA, the U.S. Senate just voted against a bipartisan bill to expand background checks – a bill that 91 percent of all Americans support. The bill required 60 votes to pass, and failed with 54 yes votes and 46 no votes. If your Senator voted against the will of 91% of […]
Democratic strategist Julian Epstein and “Gun Appreciation Day” founder and chairman Larry Ward debate about the facts surrounding gun control with Epstein giving a clearest and concise explanation of the arguments gun merchants and their surrogates are making. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Al Qaeda spokesman and member of the FBI’s most wanted list, Adam Gadahn explaining just how easy it is to get a gun in the United States. Not only does this chilling article coach terrorist of the ease of obtaining firearms in the United States, it also points out how far to the right the […]