Original Blog Entry: BREAKING, AWESOME: Background Checks Bill Goes Down In Flames As Kelly Ayotte Says She Will Vote 'No

CajunWin4 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:34:55 GMT

BREAKING, AWESOME: Background Checks Bill Goes Down In Flames As Kelly Ayotte Says She Will Vote No , Leaving Total Tally At 59-41

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Excerpted from TPM: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) said Wednesday that she will oppose a Senate deal proposing to expand background checks on the purchases of firearms known as the Manchin-Toomey admendment.

I believe that restricting the rights of law-abiding gun owners will not prevent a deranged individual or criminal from obtaining and misusing firearms to commit violence, she said in a statement. While steps must be taken to improve the existing background check system, I will not support the Manchin-Toomey legislation, which I believe would place unnecessary burdens on law-abiding gun owners and allow for potential overreach by the federal government into private gun sales.

Ayotte s opposition leaves the amendment short of the required 60 votes for passage, unless a senator reverses their position prior to the vote on the floor at 4pm ET today

2013-04-17

Source: http://patdollard.com/2013/04/senate-gun-bill-goes-down-in-flames-as-kelly-ayotte-says-she-will-vote-no-making-total-tally-59-41/

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