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In reply to the discussion: Stop Illegal Wars - Tulsi Gabbard @ Peoples Summit in Chicago [View all]Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)9. "The 11 Gun Bills Tulsi Gabbard Won’t Support — While ‘Standing With’ Senate Dems"
In fact, Rep. Gabbard has declined to co-sponsor any common sense gun control legislation, including H.R.4269 the Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 which is co-sponsored by 125 of Gabbards fellow Democrats. Here are the other nine gun bills that Gabbard has NOT supported:
H.R.4748Imported Assault Weapons Ban of 2016
H.R.3926 Gun Violence Research Act
H.R.3411 Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015
H.R.2380 Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2015
H.R.1745 Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act
H.R.752 Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act
H.R.226 Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act
H.R.225 Firearm Safety Act of 2015
H.R.224 To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.
H.R.4748Imported Assault Weapons Ban of 2016
H.R.3926 Gun Violence Research Act
H.R.3411 Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015
H.R.2380 Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2015
H.R.1745 Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act
H.R.752 Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act
H.R.226 Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act
H.R.225 Firearm Safety Act of 2015
H.R.224 To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-11-gun-bills-tulsi-gabbard-wont-supportwhile_us_57635ad1e4b0092652d744e9
Instead of soap-boxing about foreign wars, how about stopping the wars in our streets and public places?
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would help if some senators we know would stop voting to fund all these wars every year nt
msongs
Jun 2016
#5
I think there is a thread this evening speculating that Democrats may take the Senate this election
avaistheone1
Jun 2016
#6
Isn't that the same woman that was bashing Obama last week for not bombing enough?
brush
Jun 2016
#14
She's done something many of us haven't. She's been on the battlefield protecting our rights.
floriduck
Jun 2016
#26
Good. But don't bash your own party's president on a right wing network that loves it when . . .
brush
Jun 2016
#29
I'm not sure how my post gave you such an impression. I just stated she was active military.
floriduck
Jun 2016
#30
No I didn't mean to. I was just adding a statement about her military service. Sorry it got stuck
floriduck
Jun 2016
#34
Totally agree. Tulsi is from the Joe Lieberman-Zell Miller wing of the party. nt
Atticus
Jun 2016
#28
k&r excellent. Today, the US spent $200 million dollars chasing a bunch of
nationalize the fed
Jun 2016
#7
"The 11 Gun Bills Tulsi Gabbard Won’t Support — While ‘Standing With’ Senate Dems"
Surya Gayatri
Jun 2016
#9