fritz Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 From the Patriot-- THE NOT-SWEET 16 As reported in last week's Alert, on July 13, 2006, all 55 Republicans, joined by 28 Democrats and 1 Independent, voted to pass Senator David Vitter's (R-La.) amendment to prohibit the use of taxpayer funds allocated under the Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 5441) to be used to confiscate lawfully-possessed firearms during an emergency or major disaster. Sixteen Senators opposed the prohibition. In passing this legislation, the United States Senate acted on a bi-partisan basis to protect the self-defense rights of citizens when those rights are most vital, in the aftermath of a major disaster, when law-abiding citizens are left to defend themselves and their families. Sixteen Democrats (including both Senators from the states of California, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York) voted to defeat this commonsense legislation (Déjà vu Note: Under the unblinking eye of the C-SPAN cameras, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) voted against the Vitter amendment, then minutes later he reversed course and voted for it.) These extreme opponents of the Second Amendment are: Daniel Akaka, Hawaii Edward Kennedy, Massachusetts Barbara Boxer, California Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey Hillary Clinton, New York Carl Levin, Michigan Christopher Dodd, Connecticut Robert Menéndez, New Jersey Dick Durbin, Illinois Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Dianne Feinstein, California Jack Reed, Rhode Island Tom Harkin, Iowa Paul Sarbanes, Maryland Daniel Inouye, Hawaii Chuck Schumer, New York fritz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 The usual group of idgits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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