"Radical" GOP Gun Bill "Would Nullify The Laws Of Almost Every State"

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	"Radical" GOP Gun Bill "Would Nullify The Laws Of Almost Every State"

Spiritualmonkey

7-22-2009 12:07 PM

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Spiritualmonkey says:

The Republicans want to let out-of-state alcoholic child-molesters with no training carry a concealed pistol in your neighborhood.

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7-22-2009 2:35 PM

savkofam

Looks like, for once, common sense has ruled in the Senate (they defeated this) -- just barely -- it needed 60 votes to pass and got 58.

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