Gun Bills Move
Some gun bills were marked up in committee:
9/7/2006 Full Committee Markup of H.R. 2679, H.R. 5092, H.R. 5005, H.R. 1384, H.R. 1415, Motion to authorize the issuance of a subpoena to Secretary Elaine L. Chao, Department of Labor, and H.R. 5830. H.R. 2679, the “Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005”; H.R. 5092, the “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006”; H.R. 5005, the “Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act”; H.R. 1384, the “Firearm Commerce Modernization Act”; H.R. 1415, the “NICS Improvement Act of 2005”; Motion to authorize the issuance of a subpoena to Secretary Elaine L. Chao, Department of Labor; and H.R. 5830, the “Wright Amendment Reform Act.”
The Brady Bunch doesn’t like it. So it can’t be all bad:
A House panel today cleared for full action by the House of Representatives a bill that would make it virtually impossible for Federal authorities to shut down gun dealers who violate the law. The bill would make it virtually impossible for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) to revoke the licenses of even the most egregious rogue gun dealers in the country.
The bill now faces likely House action as early as next week. Opponents of the bill, H.R. 5092, criticized the measure Thursday as a wholly inappropriate step in a time when the nation is otherwise cracking down on security to fight the war on terror.
Wow, more terror references.
September 8th, 2006 at 10:52 am
“… in a time when the nation is otherwise cracking down on security to fight the war on terror.”
Is that a Freudian slip? Usually “cracking down” is used to reduce something. Sure seems to me that the Brady Bunch’s desire to relief us of our weapons would reduce our security. How that helps to fight the war on terror remains a mystery though.
Unless, that is, terror is what they feel at the thought of the rifle in my closet and the pistol in my holster.