Senate Shows Obama, to back away from the GUN!

By Chris Moody & Rachel Rose Hartman | The Ticket


A bipartisan gun control deal by Toomey and Manchin inspired Senate conservatives to drop their filibuster plans, even though many Republicans who allowed the legislation to advance said they were unlikely to vote for its passage in the end. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bipartisan amendment that would have expanded background checks on gun purchases, a blow to advocates calling for more strict firearm laws after the mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., late last year.

The measure, the product of intense negotiations between Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey and West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, would have extended background check requirements on gun owners. It needed 60 votes to pass, but failed 54-46.

Democrats voting against the amendment were Mark Begich of Alaska, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Max Baucus of Montana. (Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada switched his vote to no at the end, a procedural tactic that allows him to bring it up for a vote later.) In addition to Toomey, Republicans who supported the amendment were Sens. Mark Kirk of Illinois, Susan Collins of Maine and John McCain of Arizona.

Scores of onlookers filled the Senate gallery to watch the vote. When Vice President Joseph Biden read the final tally and announced the amendment had not passed, Patricia Maisch, who helped disarm the man who shot former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson in 2011, yelled, "Shame on you!" before walking out of the chamber.

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Obama even sends out some elbows in the direction of the republican Senators who stood up and defend our freedom!

RAND PAUL: I will do everything in my power to stop "King Obama"

To show Americans who are ignorant to the truth, why we need to tame our ever expanding government before we become their next target. This letter was sent to me from Senator Rand Paul, verifying with me that he will do everything in his power to stand up against King Obama, and his rampant attack on our Constitution.

This is not a joke... Wake up America!

Dear greg,

The gun grabbers in Washington have launched an all-out assault on our right to keep and bear arms - and they're hell-bent on destroying the Second Amendment.

And to add insult to injury, Barack Obama is preparing to use Executive Orders to RAM through whatever the gun grabbers can't get through Congress.

Well, America doesn't have - nor need - a King.

And as I told Sean Hannity last night, I'm prepared to do everything in my power to stand up to "King Obama" and stop his all-out assault on the Second Amendment.

Despite his "King Complex," President Obama doesn't have the Constitutional authority to write legislation.

And next week I plan on introducing the "Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act" - designed to nullify any anti-gun Executive Order issued by Barack Obama.

Unfortunately, this arrogance is nothing new when it comes to Barack Obama.

When Congress failed to ram through the radical environmentalists' cherished "Cap-and-Tax" scheme, Barack Obama attempted to use regulatory fiat to implement it.

From invading Libya without the approval of Congress to the so-called "Dream Act," President Obama has a history of abusing his Executive powers to do whatever he chooses.

Our Founders fought a revolution to STOP this kind of madness.

And if you value your God-given right to keep and bear arms, it's absolutely critical you fight back by signing your Second Amendment Protection Pledge IMMEDIATELY.

greg, America isn't supposed to have an imperial President.

And the Founders created a government based on separation of powers to prevent the President from ever becoming a king.

As Montesquieu said, "there can be no liberty when you combine the executive and legislative powers."

But Barack Obama disagrees - and he's garnered so much power and arrogance he believes he can do whatever he wants.

You and I must stop him.

So please sign your Second Amendment Protection Pledge IMMEDIATELY.

And if you've already signed your Second Amendment Protection Pledge, I hope you'll agree to make a generous contribution to help RandPAC fight back.

Your generous contribution will help RandPAC mobilize millions of pro-gun Americans to turn up the heat on Congress to stop any gun bans - whether through legislation or executive fiat.

But the gun grabbers are wasting no time in their all-out war to destroy the Second Amendment.

So time is running short to mobilize an army of grassroots Americans to send a loud-and-clear message to Congress:

"Vote for gun control - and find a new job."

So please sign your Second Amendment Protection Pledge IMMEDIATELY, and make the most generous contribution you can possibly afford.

Together, you and I will stop the assault on our Second Amendment freedoms.

In Liberty,

Senator Rand Paul

P.S. Barack Obama is preparing to use regulatory fiat to RAM through whatever the gun grabbers can't get through Congress.

Our Founders fought a revolution to STOP this kind of madness.

So if you value your God-given right to keep and bear arms, it's absolutely critical you fight back by signing your Second Amendment Protection Pledge IMMEDIATELY.