Please Rec if you support Sen. Murphy's Filibuster for Gun control (live video link)

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/sen-chris-murphy-starts-talking-filibuster-over-gun-control-224369


Sen. Chris Murphy mounts gun control filibuster

By Burgess Everett

06/15/16 12:19 PM EDT

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has launched a talking filibuster on the Senate floor in an effort to force Republicans and Democrats to come to an agreement on legislation to deny suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms and requiring universal background checks.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/sen-chris-murphy-starts-talking-filibuster-over-gun-control-224369#ixzz4BfNwxIGE
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TPM coverage with live video at link below

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris-murphy-filibuster-gun-control

[MH1]

1. I don't know if it will accomplish anything, but I applaud the effort.

It's important and I am glad he is taking a stand.

[frazzled]

2. Of course I'm with him

lock, stock, and barrel (no pun intended). But the background checks and terror list issue are just a small beginning of what needs to be done around this issue.

Still: that is how we get things accomplished most effectively, one step at a time.

Go Chris.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Murphy, Blumenthal and Booker

Murphy, Blumenthal Filibuster Senate To Push For Gun Control Debate
By Russell Blair
June 16, 2016 12:25 PM

A defiant U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said Wednesday morning that he wouldn't leave the floor of the Senate until his colleagues agreed to take up gun control legislation.

"I'm going to remain on this floor until we get some signal, some sign … that we can get a path forward on addressing this epidemic in a meaningful, bipartisan way," Murphy said around 11:30 a.m.

Murphy was joined in his effort by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who rose to ask several questions that in effect took the pressure off Murphy and kept the discussion alive. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey joined Murphy too.

"We are here today to say enough," Booker said. "I've cleared my entire day. I've cleared my evening events … so I can stay on this floor and support Senator Murphy as he pushes this body to come to some consensus in the way that the country has already done."

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http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-murphy-gun-control-senate-speech-20160615-story.html

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4. CNN saying work is going on feverishly to close the gun loophole.

Also, some GOP senators have expressed support for the idea today: Graham, Cornyn.

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10. CNN also reporting Sen. Feinstein is working on a solution. nt

[SwankyXomb]

16. I assume her solution

involves putting billions of federal dollars in her and her husband's pockets.

[George II]

196. That is highly offensive. Please consider self-deleting it.

[Travis_0004]

5. Im confused

Do we only care about Due process when republicans are in power?

I never got the memo.

[JonLeibowitz]

7. Bingo.

[paleotn]

30. And the sales! Just think of the lost sales!

...the due process dodge is priceless. Strange though. I've not heard you "due process" trolls caterwauling about those on the list not being allowed to fly. I guess you don't troll for the airlines. Just for Ruger, Winchester, Colt, H&K, Barrett.....

[pintobean]

38. Free to move about the country

was a Southwest Airlines commercial, not a constitutional amendment.

[paleotn]

45. SCOTUS....

...long ago extended fundamental rights to include interstate travel, thus government restrictions on such fall under strict scrutiny with respect to due process. It's an inferred or unenumerated right. In laymen's terms, strict scrutiny means the government needs a damn good reason to not allow people to exercise that right to travel on commercial airlines. Turns out the government does have a compelling interest in restricting that right for certain individuals. The same applies to firearm purchases. Speech is an enumerated right and held to a higher standard with respect to restrictions, yet one can't yell fire in a crowded theater. In that case, the government's interest in protecting the public outweighs an asshole's right to be an asshole.

[X_Digger]

59. The right to travel doesn't mean the right to get on a private plane.

I don't completely agree with the government's logic on the issue, but a person on the no-fly list can still travel from state to state (which is more what the 'right to trave' is about.)

[paleotn]

64. A restriction on mode of travel...

... is still a restriction on travel in a practical sense. One can argue that it's an undue burden when it comes to traveling east coast to west coast and visa versa, and thus a violation of due process. The government's compelling interest is to keep certain people off commercial aircraft for the protection of pubic safety. The same reasoning applies to firearm purchases by those on the terror watch list, insane people or felons.

[X_Digger]

68. They (the govt) don't use that reasoning. It's flawed.

A private conveyance has no legal duty to carry anyone, contractual obligations aside. (Barring public accommodation rules like the CRA.)

There is no 'right to free speech' on private property, no 'free exercise of religion' on private property.

I can ask you to leave my home because you said the word 'chartreuse', and that's not an infringement of the right protected by the first amendment.

Similarly, if I'm running a commercial airline, I could legally say that nobody with the first name "Brian" can fly on my airline.

[paleotn]

77. Nice rabbit hole your going down,....

...but I'm not going to follow you. Does the government in certain circumstances such as public safety have the right to restrict your enumerated and inferred constitutional rights? Yes they do. End of story.

[X_Digger]

79. Airlines & the no-fly list don't use the same reasoning you propose. *shrug* n/t

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39. That's what Sen. Murphy and Manchin just covered too.

[Maraya1969]

187. +1000

[AllyCat]

163. Put down your gun. You'll be less confused.

[Maraya1969]

185. You mean the decades of republicans blocking any progress on this issue? It is due because it is an

extraordinary situation that calls for extraordinary measures.

[JonLeibowitz]

6. Unrec. Restrictions on 2nd amendment rights should be subject fm due process.

Who is on the watchlist and why? How does one appeal their status?

Murphys position is little more than grandstanding.

[bjobotts]

14. Interpretation of 2nd amend, is questionable.Ban assault weapons used to be the law.

[JonLeibowitz]

17. Your post has nothing to do with mine. I was commenting on the terror watch list.

[FailureToCommunicate]

75. Just FYI, due precess is a different amendment, not the Second.

[X_Digger]

90. Due process applies to all rights.

"nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"

[FailureToCommunicate]

143. Hint: it's in the fifth, and repeated in the fourteenth

[X_Digger]

147. And it applies to all rights, not just the right protected by the second.

You seem to be under the misapprehension that someone claimed that the second covers due process.

Please point to that post.

[JonLeibowitz]

96. No shit. But you can't infringe on 2nd amendment rights without due process.

[mrr303am]

61. Only Homeland Security knows who's on the list.

You, yourself may be on the list, along with everyone posting here, but don't know it. There have been many citizens that found out they were on the list when they tried boarding a plane and they were red flagged as being on the No Fly List. The list is kept secret, so if you want to know if you're on it try boarding a flight and see if they allow you to board or not.

[Just reading posts]

8. Nope. Violates due process.

[paleotn]

49. Yep. Governments compelling interest to protect the public....

Want to try again?

[Just reading posts]

53. Not willing to throw away due process.

I'll let Ben Franklin speak for me on this one:

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

[paleotn]

57. It's not a suicide pact...

....at times government has a compelling interest in restricting rights and foregoing due process. Again, it's awfully strange you've not been shouting DUE PROCESS! from the roof tops about those on the list not being able to board a commercial aircraft. Only when it comes to your precious I suppose. It's a very well developed area of the law, and you don't have a foot to stand on.

[Just reading posts]

62. Suicide? If these people on secret lists aren't kept from buying guns the nation will be destroyed?

Again, it's awfully strange you've not been shouting DUE PROCESS! from the roof tops about those on the list not being able to board a commercial aircraft. Only when it comes to your precious I suppose.

I'm against them, period.

Happy?

[paleotn]

72. Sorry, but your rights end precisely where another's right to live begins.

...The government's duty to protect the public trumps the rights of you and those on the terror watch list in certain circumstances. People's lives are NOT the price we must pay for crackpot absolutists to exercise their rights completely unrestrained. If you don't like it, you and they are perfectly free to exercise your totally unrestricted rights in say....Somalia. Be my guest. Matter of fact, I'd chip in on the airfare.

[Just reading posts]

108. I'm not in favor of people being put on secret government lists that restrict their constitutional

riights without due process. It appear you are. Tell me, will you still be a fan of such things if Trump wins in November?

If you don't like it, you and they are perfectly free to exercise your totally unrestricted rights in say....Somalia. Be my guest. Matter of fact, I'd chip in on the airfare.

Your version of America, Love It Or Leave It.

How progressive of you. indeed.

[Justice]

182. You cannot yell fire in a crowded theater.

Even the right to free speech has limits. Reasonable restrictions like real background checks, registration including no fly, no buy will pass muster - particularly with a process that allows for appeal to get off no fly.

[drm604]

9. MSNBC is reporting this in a very misleading manner.

They have a caption that says "Sen. Dems Filibuster on gun control".

This makes it sound like they're blocking gun control.

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11. Sen. Blumenthal has the floor. video link in OP.

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12. Sen. Murphy: let's not allow the perfect be the enemy of the good

[Crepuscular]

15. Translation

"the hell with the constitution if it suites my agenda!"

[mopinko]

13. restore the damn assault weapons ban.

it is clearly constitutional. it made a big difference.

[Crepuscular]

19. Delusional

The AWB was an abject failure, it made no difference at all. Note that rifle used in Newtown was AWB compliant.

[X_Digger]

37. Not according to a study funded by the Clinton DoJ.

"Should it be renewed, the ban’s effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement. AWs were rarely used in gun crimes even before the ban."

Hell, 2x more AR-15 type rifles were sold during the ban than the 10 years previous.



from http://www.sas.upenn.edu/jerrylee/research/aw_final2004.pdf

[L. Coyote]

91. Guess I need to post this here too:

[X_Digger]

93. You mean after the FBI changed the definition in 2004? n/t

[Just reading posts]

51. It accomplished nothing.

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18. Sen. Murphy - Let's make a start... work out more controversial parts later

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20. Sen. Bill Nelson D-FL showing pictures of the weapon used in Orlando

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[99th_Monkey]

21. Right on Sen. Murphy!! n/t

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22. Due process...

... but only when it doesn't inconvenience you?

Is that the game now?

[rbrnmw]

23. ....

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24. Sen. Nelson talking about the blood stained shoes of a trauma surgeon

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25. Sen. Schumer thanking the members for following the rules to get a vote on the issue.

[floriduck]

26. Absolutely!

[pandr32]

27. Let's show him some love

[ManiacJoe]

28. Wow. An actual filibuster!

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29. Sen. Schumer talking about how background checks are avoided under current law.

[paleotn]

31. Very much rec.

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32. Sen. Manchin-WV on the floor now.

[Stonepounder]

33. And, wouldn't be great if they closed the gun show loophole as well? n/t

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34. Manchin talking about that, about WV gun culture includes not selling or

giving guns to people you don't know would be responsible with it.

[ChiciB1]

200. MANCHION??? I Had Better Not PROCEED...

but will accept his input regardless of motives.

[forgotmylogin]

138. Guns need to be registered yearly like cars.

And insurance should be maintained by the owner, listing all the guns they own as well as permitted users...just like a car.

Insurance should be required to purchase a gun, and registration forms sent to the government.

If a registered gun kills someone, the owner and their insurance is responsible unless the owner officially reported it stolen. When a firearm is stolen or missing, the law should require notifying law enforcement within 24 hours.

Yes, there will still be a black market for weapons, but then sentences could be higher for use of unregistered weapons.

[Beaverhausen]

35. Finally

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36. Manchin and Murphy saying this is not a secret agenda that will be expanded on nt

[colsohlibgal]

40. Good For Him

We should really, really go after the NRA. There have to be more of us anti NRA than pro.

That organization has no brains and no soul, when 5 year olds being shot in the face won't budge them they are basically a terrorist organization.

I have never owned or even shot a gun and have never worried about jackbooted thugs kicking in my door. So quit that talking point, it's nonsense.

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41. Sen. Blumenthal talking about how States with weaker laws allow guns

to come into other states. And this is why it must be addressed with Federal law.

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42. Sen. Blumenthal saying the proposed measures would provide hope to the families

who have lost loved ones in recent mass killings.

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43. Sen. Cardin speaking on the floor.

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44. Sen. Cardin talking about progress on LGBT rights both domestically

and internationally.

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46. He asks Sen. Murphy what kind of strategy is needed,

Sen. Murphy responds that reducing hate toward minorities is an important piece. And that the type of assault weapons with high capacity clips have no place in a civil society.

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47. Sen. Markey speaking.

[aikoaiko]

48. Murphy said that the 1994 led to a diminution of mass shootings. Anyone have data on that?

I've not heard that claim or seen data on that.

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54. This is one data point:

http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20160614/mark-patinkin-semiautomatics-weapon-of-choice-for-mass-murderers

But it seems to me there’s still one compelling reason for a ban.

The conversation today is about an increasing phenomenon of our time — mass murders.

The numbers in this area are compelling.

A group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns did a study of all mass shootings between 2009 and 2013.

They found that assault weapons or high-capacity magazines were used 23 percent of the time. And they found a clear difference in those cases.

The average casualty rate of mass shootings with non-assault guns was 7 shot and 5.4 killed.

The average with assault rifles or high-capacity magazines was 15.6 shot and 8.3 killed. In other words, more than double the total shot and 50 percent more deaths.

[aikoaiko]

56. I'm familiar with those data, but he said the AWB diminished mass shootings

which means he thinks there is data on mass shootings before 1994 and during the 10 year AWB showing few mass shootings.

Never heard of that before.

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50. Sen. Markey - The NRA controls the agenda of the US Senate

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52. Markey says over 2000 people on terror watch list have bought firearms. Any crimes with those guns?

Apparently, the FBI had cleared Mateen and wasn't on the no fly list when he purchased firearms.

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55. Sen. Markey - Why can't we fund the research? Because the NRA won't allow it

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58. Sen Murphy - The areas of research should be left up to scientists

whether its climate change or gun violence research.

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60. Sen. Durbin speaking now.

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63. Sen. Durbin thanking Sen. Murphy for holding the floor on this issue, since there was

no indication from the Republicans that there would be a debate on the issue.

[annabanana]

65. The bigger the shake-up the better. . . .n/t

[kimbutgar]

66. Will the media report this or will they talk about don the con Twitter statement

About meeting with the NRA?

No the media is talking about the alligator snatching the child and Orlando massacre. If a rethug was filibustering they would be covering this.

[pinboy3niner]

74. Anderson Cooper just teased it on CNN--coming up after break. nt

[Jack Rabbit]

67. K/R

Why not? The Senate won't accomplish any more today with this filibuster than it does any other day with McConnell as majority leader.

[mainstreetonce]

69. I applaud brave Senators

I hope they are successful.

[MariaThinks]

70. kick

[aikoaiko]

71. Can anyone provide a link to the referenced GOA report?

I cant find it at http://www.gao.gov/

[PoliticAverse]

84. I assume that the 2010 report is the one being referred to...

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10703t.pdf

[aikoaiko]

87. Ok, I thought one of the speakers said it just came out. Thank yo.

[GoneOffShore]

73. Happy to kick this.

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76. Hillary Clinton Retweeted Chris Murphy

Hillary Clinton Verified account
?@HillaryClinton

Hillary Clinton Retweeted Chris Murphy

Some fights are too important to stay silent. Preventing gun violence is one of them. Stand strong @ChrisMurphyCT.

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/743157530780655616

Chris Murphy Verified account
?@ChrisMurphyCT

I am prepared to stand on the Senate floor and talk about the need to prevent gun violence for as long as I can. I've had #Enough

[riversedge]

171. Good to see. Thanks for posting

[bucolic_frolic]

78. I hope the GOP is cornered on this one

They can say one of two things:

Let's deal, we were wrong on this issue all along

Or

Everything with guns is fine as it is and American lives don't matter

Paging Mitch McConnell ..... Mitch???

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80. Watching a Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) talking about the Orlando victims now...

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82. He is doing a great job of justifying universal background checks.

Told a story of a recent murder-suicide where the killer bought a gun while avoiding background checks.

[elljay]

81. This is just a start

If out of this filibuster we manage to get the smallest movement on regulating guns, it will be a stinging defeat for the NRA and a sign that the tide is turning against them. What interests me is what happens next. Do they rest on their laurels or keep fighting the good fight?

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83. Sen. Casey - PA speaking now.

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85. Sen. Casey describing his Bill which addresses hate crimes

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88. for convicted mis-demeanor hate crimes the offender would be denied the right to fire arms

[ISeeA BrightFuture]

86. YOU CAN MAKE THIS A STRONGER MESSAGE HERE!!!!!!! STEP UP!!!!!!!!!!

See the fillibuster live and chat about it here:

SIGN A PETITION TO DEMAND STRONGER GUN LAWS HERE:
http://go.boldpac.com/page/s/filibuster?source=MS_EM_PET_2016.06.15_B2_filibuster_X__F1_S1_C1__all

Send him a "I stand with you note" and thank you note at his office:
https://www.murphy.senate.gov/contact

CALL CONGRESS TODAY AND TELL THEM TO ACT HERE:
http://act.everytown.org/call/disarm-hate-calls/?akid=3649.4207961.1YoGC4&rd=1&source=emne_orlando-calls&t=2&utm_campaign=orlando-calls&utm_medium=_e&utm_source=em_n_

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92. +1

[L. Coyote]

89. Watching LIVE on C-SPAN

http://www.c-span.org/video/?411209-1/democrats-take-senate-floor-debate-gun-control&live

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94. Sen. Ron Wyden - OR speaking now. Mass Killings are happening like clock work.

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95. In 90% of the cases, 223 persons on Terrorist Watch List were able to buy a gun in 2015.

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97. Sen. Warren - MA speaking now.

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98. Sen. Merkley - OR speaking now.

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99. Sen. Blumenthal speaking again.

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100. Sen. Menendez - NJ speaking now.

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101. Sen. Menendez - We have become desensitized to the violence.

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102. Menendez - Orlando was one of 43 shootings this past Sunday.

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103. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen - NH speaking now

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104. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand speaking now.

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106. Sen. Claire McCaskell speaking now.

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107. Hopefully my senators, Boxer and Feinstein will be up soon. Wonder if Sanders will as well

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109. Sen. Mark Warner speaking now.

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110. Senator Klobuchar speaking now. n/t

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111. TY

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112. Sen. Barbara Mikulski speaking now.

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113. Sen. Sherrod Brown -OH speaking now.

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114. Sen. Debbie Stabenow - MI speaking now.

[mcar]

115. Big kick!

[ecstatic]

116. How many people need to be killed in one incident for repugs to get it?

50 is apparently not enough. Will it take 100? 200? They have blood on their hands! I really hope Americans are paying attention to this.

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117. Kick!

The Dems are doing AMAZING!!!

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118. Sen. Tom Carper just finished speaking.

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119. Sen. Tammy Baldwin - WI speaking now.

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120. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D) Wisconsin speaking now. n/t

[auntpurl]

121. "Can't tell you how many times I've had a moment of silence here in the Senate"

"Silence is not enough!" Tammy Baldwin.

AWESOME.

[auntpurl]

122. Baldwin lovingly describing each victim now.

Heartbreaking.

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126. Tammy is the best person to do it. nt

[auntpurl]

127. She is wonderful.

I didn't know her very well before this. She seems extremely compassionate, and did I hear her mention earlier she is LGBT?

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128. She was the first openly gay woman Senator.

[auntpurl]

129. Wonderful.

You can tell she is extremely emotional, but she is holding it together very well and being compassionate yet strong.

[meow2u3]

123. Sen. Baldwin's describing the victims in detail

She's countering the typical right-wing demonization of the LGBT community by appropriately affirming their humanity.

[Stevepol]

124. K&R!!

[auntpurl]

125. Up to the top you go!

Every Democrat should be watching this.

[calimary]

130. Kicking, simply because of the TOLL FREE Capitol Hill switchboard numbers in my sig line.

Use 'em! Weigh in. Let the Dems know you have their back! And if you have the misfortune to be "represented" by some CON, even better! They, too, need to know that they're on the wrong side here. They need to know there's a tsunami bearing down on them. Some of the Senate CONS who are up for reelection are already destabilized, like kirk, and ayotte, and are painfully aware that the tsunami may well wash their Senate seats away.

They're already feeling the hot gusts from a raging fire. (Hey, I could keep up with the metaphors all day!)

Congressional CONS need to hear this, too.

If they think you don't care, they won't, either!

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131. Sen. Tom Udall - NM speaking now.

[allan01]

132. those people on the asile did this felgercarbe to us too many times . turn the tables . wink.

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133. Sen. Michael Bennet - CO speaking now.

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134. Sen. Mazie Hirono - HI speaking now.

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135. Sen. Martin Heinrich - NM speaking now.

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136. Rec and Kicking.

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137. K&R

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139. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse - RI speaking now.

[scottie55]

140. Shut The Senate Down

Until they do ANYTHING.

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141. Sen. Jack Reed - RI speaking now

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142. Sen. Cory Booker - NJ speaking now at the 8.5 Hour mark. nt

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144. Senator Blumenthal (D) Connecticut speaking now. n/t

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145. Sen. Richard Blumenthal - CT speaking again.

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146. Sen. Robert Casey - PA speaking again.

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148. Senator Angus King (I) Maine speaking now.

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149. Sen. Angus S. King Jr. - I - ME speaking now.

[perdita9]

150. NBC Nightly News DID NOT cover this story

I hate America's media whores!

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151. Sen. Joe Donnelly - (D - IN) speaking now.

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152. K&R....

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153. Sen. Richard Durbin (D - IL) speaking now.

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154. I wish I could rec a MILLION times!

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155. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D - OH) speaking again now.

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156. Sen. Charles Schumer (D - NY) speaking now.

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157. FILIBUSTER UPDATE: PLEASE READ

[Chan790]

188. Very proud of my Senator.

I hope he talks for another 3 days. Let the RKBA fuckers squirm in their seats in the face of this filibuster and more uncomfortable questions until they relent and we get real movement on gun-control.

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158. Sen. Amy Klobuchar - (D - MN) speaking again now.

[blue neen]

159. What a sad and touching story she told about the mom of the autistic boy.

The boy and his aide were shot dead at Sandy Hook.

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160. Sen. Maria Cantwell - (D - WA) speaking now.

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161. Sen. Tim Kaine - (D - VA) speaking now.

[blue neen]

162. He's talking about a professor at Virginia Tech who saved a lot of his students' lives,

but the professor didn't survive.

[brooklynite]

164. I notice Heidi Heitkamp is not participating...

She was one of a handful of D Senators who voted against background checks the last time this came up.

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166. Its possible I missed one, but I haven't seen her there.

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167. C-SPAN has a periodic crawl showing participants. Haven't seen her name mentioned.

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165. Sen. Joe Donnelly - (D - IN) speaking again now.

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168. Sen. Schatz, Brian - (D - HI) speaking now.

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169. Highly recommend. Spines found! nt

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170. Sen. Tammy Baldwin speaking now. LIVE link to Senate from Huff Post....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-launch-filibuster-on-guns_us_57617afae4b0df4d586ec7b5?section=



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Democrats Launch Filibuster-Style Blockade On Guns
Senators vow to keep talking until lawmakers agree to do something to deal with America’s massacre problem.
06/15/2016 12:26 pm ET | Updated 23 minutes ago

Michael McAuliff Senior Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — Led by the senators who represent Newtown, Connecticut — where a gunman fatally shot 26 people, including 20 children, in 2012 — Democrats took control of the Senate floor Wednesday and vowed to keep talking until lawmakers start doing something about gun violence.

“Newtown is still putting itself back together, probably will be for a long time,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who launched the filibuster-style takeover, declaring it was time for the Senate to do something about gun violence beyond the usual ineffective debates.

He said lawmakers could not go about business as usual after a mass killing at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday claimed 49 victims.

“This is a different moment today than it was at the end of last week,” Murphy said. “There is a newfound imperative for this body to find a way to come together and take action, to try to do our part to stem this epidemic of gun violence and in particular this epidemic of mass shootings.”
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172. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) speaking again now.

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173. She's reading off the casualty counts of all the mass murders since before 08

Powerful stuff. History.

[blue neen]

174. Mass shootings of just the past 10 years.

It's unbelievable how many there have been.

[BootinUp]

175. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D - OR) speaking again now.

[herding cats]

176. I was rec #299

I didn't see it until now.

[Dem2]

177. OK, have a rec

It's a no-brainer!

[BootinUp]

178. Sen. Robert P.Casey, Jr. - (D - PA) speaking again now.

[Tanta]

179. K&R

[BootinUp]

180. Sen. Angus S. King Jr. (I - ME) speaking again now.

[sunnystarr]

181. Why "Rec if you support..." ????

If you don't support the filibuster get the fuck out of DU! Why was there a need to request that?

[CBHagman]

183. Recommend, kick, etc. Now if I could only stream the video...

...but everything keeps crashing.

Still, onward. This filibuster is long overdue, and it's the right thing to do.

[allinthegame]

186. Excellent Feed

On Slate.
What a great thing to see if only for a short time.
Would that something will come of it

[ismnotwasm]

184. K&R

[SunSeeker]

189. K & R

[Cha]

190. Mahalo, Boot! Thank you, Senator Murphy!

ThinkProgress
✔ ?@thinkprogress
The 5 most compelling moments from the Senate Democrats’ filibuster for gun control http://thkpr.gs/3789026
9:30 AM - 15 Jun 2016
80 80 Retweets 68 68 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/15/hate-will-not-win/

[blue neen]

192. Senator Amy Klobuchar's story was especially compelling, also.

There were so many touching and important moments where the Senators told of their contacts with victims and their families.

[Cha]

193. I know blue neen.. thank you!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

191. K&R nt

[lupinella]

194. Thank you

Sen. Murphy may I extend a big thank you & a hug from Orlando.

[redwitch]

195. Thank you Senator Murphy!

And all who supported your effort!

[snappyturtle]

197. I assume this action has come about because of the horror in Orlando.

Have we forgotten that Omar Mateen had extensive background checks in respect to his job? The FBI did interview him more than once and did nothing. I'm confused.

[calimary]

198. This is one of those cases in which I wish we could recommend a thread multiple times.

[ChiciB1]

199. THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH CHRIS MURPHY!

You ARE One Super Fantastic Man with A Heart Of Gold and The STRENGTH of a LION! I know you've fought for and talked about this before!

THANK YOU AGAIN!

[librarylu]

201. I wish Senator Murphy could be my senator.

How could anyone be unmoved by this?

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/filibuster-earns-votes-new-gun-reform-talk-707319363839