2nd Amendment

The Texas Tribune has a great resource available at http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/track-83rd-gun-bills/ Charles Cotton of the Texas CHL Forum has provided a breakdown of the deadlines for the 2012-2013 legislative session: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 General election for legislative and other offices held [Election Code, Sec. 41.002] Monday, November 12, 2012 Prefiling of legislation for the 83rd…

In the wake of the deadly bombing attacks in Boston, U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced that he will reintroduce legislation he has proposed in a prior Congress to require that sales of explosive powder be subject to a background check. He will also file the legislation as an amendment to the gun…

Sebastian has the play-by-play, but the summary is as follows: Manchin-Toomey – defeated: 54-46 Grassley-Cruz-Graham – defeated: 52-48 Leahy-Collins – defeated: 58-42 Cornyn Amendment on National Reciprocity – defeated: 57-43 Feinstein Amendment – defeated: 40-60 Burr Amendment – defeated: 56-44 Blumenthal-Lautenberg Amendment – defeated: 46-54

The amendment needed 60 votes to pass and was defeated with a vote of 46-54 during a roll call vote presided over by Vice President Joe Biden. Read the rest of the article: http://gunssavelives.net/blog/gun-laws/senate-votes-no-on-toomey-manchin-compromise-gun-control-bill/