the not-so-sweet 16

In one of the United States' most lopsided gun votes in the nation's recent history, there was broad, bi-partisan support for a recent pro-gun bill in the Senate. 

Of the entire senate, a measly 16 Senators voted against Senator Vitter's legislation to prohibit the usage of taxpayer funds from the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill to be used for the purpose of confiscating lawfully owned guns in the event of an emergency, such as what occurred in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. 

They were all democrats: 

Akaka (D-HI)
Boxer (D-CA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Reed (D-RI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)

Of all times to confiscate weapons, though they are all bad, the period directly after a disaster with widespread lawlessness when self-defense is most crucial, is most certainly one of the worst to choose.  These 16 democrats stuck with their anti-gun, anti-2nd amendment convictions and voted against this legislation. 

All OTHER 28 democrats in the senate, joined by every one of the 55 republicans voted for this common sense legislation. 

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I don't blame the right one bit.  Gun owners are sick and tired of being harassed with pointless and arbitrary legislation from elitist scumbags like the Clintons and their many democrat associates.  I'm happy they lost, as are millions of law-abiding innocent gun owners across the nation. 

Of COURSE, I'm open to a DEMOCRAT who will run who is willing to stand up for the second amendment.  I had my eye on Dean for a while, I'm not sure though.  I'll have to check his voting record.  Supposedly, he is more pro-gun than the other dems, and comes from a pretty lax state (vermont). 

Anyway, Dean lost the primary, and the Dems picked anti-gun senator Kerry.  I'd rather re-elect Bush anytime than go with a gun-grabber.  And as for Bush's initial election back in 2000, it should be noted he was running against Al Gore (CLINTON's former vice president).  Also a gun-grabber. 

If the democrats aren't willing to give up this stupid, irrational, unconstitutional, dead, and downright annoying issue (gun control), they have lost my vote. 

I'm really not asking for much.  I'm just asking for them to obey the god damn 2nd Amendment of the constitution that was SUPPOSED to be the law of this land. 


"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

I'll oppose anyone opposed to that, Republicans or anyone else included.  This is something that shouldn't even be an issue.