Nancy Pelosi, Gabrielle Giffords introduce new gun legislation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords - who was wounded in a gun attack - and other gun-control advocates held a news conference on Tuesday to announce the introduction of a bill expanding background checks on prospective gun buyers.

[hughjassole]

“ They that give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. “

- Benjamin Franklin

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The funny thing is that the FBI was notified that that kid was going to be a school shooter, the cops knew, and no one did anything

[bodozier]

How do they legislate “common sense” when they don’t have any

[undergroundminer]

"Sell Southern California to Mexico and use the money to build the wall"
Something I read today that made sense

[sarcasmmuch]

800 thousand cops 200 million gun owners interesting process i believe, just think of the
gang's, Chicago gangs 150 thousand strong, Cops there to confiscate them 12 thousand
what if they put aside their petty differences and decided that they want to own Chicago
If you were a thinking person you might reconsider your approach.

[sambradley]

They need to have psychological background checks & tests before issuing licences for firearms.

[billyboy]

Maybe she should move to Venezuela... since their general population are disarmed now!

[bartvenable]

Just one bad idea after another. Is it the juice they are drinking?