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While You Mourned Boston, Senate Republicans Killed Background Checks

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While the nation was busy mourning the devastation that happened in Boston on Monday, Republicans in the Senate, supported by a few Democrats managed to slowly and willfully kill background checks. Apparently what happened in Newtown Connecticut was not enough for these heartless  Senators to support a bill that will guarantee making sure gun purchasers are sane enough to buy a gun.

The vote on the amendment was 54 to 46. Sixty votes were needed for the amendment to be adopted.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein pushes for an assault weapons ban in the U.S. while speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday.

The deal was the result of a deal struck between Republican Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

As the bill was defeated, a voice in the Senate gallery could be heard yelling “Shame on you!”

The Manchin-Toomey amendment would have extended existing background check rules to gun sales made online and at gun shows. It was vehemently opposed by the National Rifle Association, who said it infringed on the rights of gun owners.

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By Ezra Grant

I'm just tired of the lies and nonsense coming from the GOP, so this is my little contribution to combat the nonsense!

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