Good:

In a blow to Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign against illegal* guns, a Senate committee yesterday voted 19–10 to pass an amendment that mandates prison time for police officers who use federal gun-trace data for anything except specific investigations.

And it’s even improved:

Senator Shelby, a Republican of Alabama, sponsored the amendment, which is a more strongly worded version of an amendment sponsored by Rep. Todd Tiahrt, a Republican of Kansas. That amendment has been renewed annually for the last three years.

Looks like reasoned discourse won.

* quote corrected to reflect accuracy in reporting.

Posted in uncategorized on June 29th, 2007 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |