GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[SIXFOOTERsez]

Didn't expect the gun and ammo bans to pass, but really thought that universal background checks most likely would.

Was hoping that universal checks would be a step in the right direction (without a registry) in keeping more guns out of the wrong hands. But, looks like Obama's lost a lot of support/momentum on that front. Or, a lot of congresspersons voiced hollow support right after Newtown and backed off when the heat died down, despite overwhelming public support (according to polls).

Ah well, the administrative orders to promote better mental illness tracking and reporting are positive steps that might help, and it seems like safety awareness at schools and public places remains higher than it was before December. Good things.

The problem the fux had was in trying to ram a bunch of other stuff in there with it. I pulled and read S.649 today just to actually see what it said. The part about putting nuts in the NICS should have taken up 2 pages in its entirity, this thing is 26 pages. You know they wanted $400,000,000 for this? They also criminalized me selling any weapon except through a FFL dealer. They also dolled out a lot of $ to all kinds of education programs, some even possibly good.
Nothing in there though would have dealt with the problem, nothing direct to get nuts in the database.
They tried to run a bunch of BS through, same dishonest shit they always do.