Perhaps the ultimate question for any Republican considering “negotiating” infringements on the right to keep and bear arms with Democrats is “Why?” or less succinctly, “Why the **** would you do that, you moron?” [More]
Once more snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...
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David, I just posted the first comment - I went there to check things out for new columns even before your post here.
Just to add what's below, Maybe Ernst doesn't care about the constitutionality of the proposed legislation but Grassley should.
United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598, 120 S.Ct. 1740 (2000)
* https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-5.ZS.html
Here it is:
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David,
There are several points that you could have addressed but didn’t, so I will.
First, the VAWA was the creation of Senator Joe Biden which he later said was his “proudest legislative accomplishment” so he has a real interest in getting this legislation done.
Second, despite the legal fiction “substantially affects interstate commerce” the Supreme Court found major elements to be unconstitutional.See 529 U.S. 598 (2000).
Third, so-called ‘Red-Flag’ language has no place in this Act. That really would violate the principles of Federalism.
Ernst should know better; I suspect she does and just doesn’t care.
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