H.R. 8 passed.

[SamKnause]

Requires background checks for every firearm purchased.

8 Republicans voted yes.

1 Democrat voted no.

[getagrip_already]

1. 1 voted no on the stimulus package also...

Was it the same person and who is it?

[SamKnause]

2. I didn't catch who it was.

[PatSeg]

6. I was wondering the same thing

[aggiesal]

7. Here they are

HR-1 Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME 2nd)

HR-8 Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME 2nd)
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll075.xml

[calimary]

9. Better not be Kurt Schrader.

He’s already been a disappointment and already voted the wrong way (ie: WITH republi-CONS) against the COVID relief bill the first time the House voted.

At least he had a change of heart when the bill went back to the House for a final vote. We gave him shot for his earlier move. When we do our weekly “asks” for our next “Call to Action” email, I’m gonna suggest one thanking our Congressmembers for voting yes, but I plan to add one directed specifically at him with a qualified thank-you and a “glad you finally got it right, but what the heck took you so long?”

The perils of being “represented” by a DINO.

[aggiesal]

10. Here they are

HR-1 Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME 2nd)

HR-8 Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME 2nd)
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll075.xml

[getagrip_already]

11. sounds like a winner......

thanks for the update.

[roamer65]

3. Now to the Senate.

🤞

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Where it will be blocked by the filibuster. Nt

[AndyS]

5. What's that sound?

Just gunner's heads exploding all over the country.

[Dial H For Hero]

8. Why should they get upset, given that it's almost certain not to pass the Senatef?

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. Even just the suggestion that legislators might talk about restrictions is enough to create a tizzy.

Simply mentioning one of the more horrendous examples of gun violence, like Sandy Hook, for example, will strike up the Greek chorus of "You ain't takin' my gunz!!!" Their 2nd Amendment right to cosplay vastly outweighs the lives of small children. Is the right to survive a day at school enshrined in the Constititution?

"No, but my gunz is!"

[Dial H For Hero]

15. Amongst those who are both passionate about firearms rights and ignorant of realistic politics,

I suppose so. As for your, um, creative example of dialogue from those who are pro-RKBA, while I won't deny for a moment that there are those for whom the issue trumps all others in an emotional, unreasoning manner, the fact remains that gun ownership is in fact a Constitutionally protected right.

Does it have limitations? Of course...only the most extreme think otherwise. I have run across the occasional internet poster who will argue, in all apparent sincerity, that the 2A protects private ownership of any all weapons, from a sharp rock at one end to nukes at the other. Such an extreme point of view isn't worth serious debate.

Of course, the same applies to the opposite end of the spectrum, those who say words to the effect of "I'm sick of guns, and the government needs to confiscate every single one of them in civilian hands. Anyone who resists should have the gun taken from their cold dead fingers." Just look at H.R. 127, introduced this session by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee. It would consfiscate, without compensation, hundreds of million of magazines from gun owners, and its various provisions would result if the ownership of a single .22 rilfe or single-shot shotgun costing the owner tens of thousnads of dollars over the course of their lifetime. It's patetnly absurd.

Mind you, I've seen this opinion (and slight variations of it) on this very site. Thankfully, the vast majority of posters here aren't so extreme;

Oh, the overwhelming sentiment here is for at least some increased level of gun control at the federal level, with which I respectfully disagree. And that being said, I could certainly live with universal background checks and red flag laws without much griping. I'm not about to support restrictions on "assault" weapons and "high" capacity magazines, though.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. Are there still exceptions for firearms purchased

at gun shows or privately?

[Kid Berwyn]

13. It's a good idea.

Long overdue.