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. 

>>23
"Yet we don't know would Kerry have been even worse. You know Clinton was actually worse than Bush. Bush maybe stupid and incompetent, but only really bad thing he has caused this far is Iraq war. I don't like Bush nor I did vote him, but you can't really say Kerry would have been better."

Kerry's plan for Iraq was the same as Bush's plan for Iraq. 

From a gun rights perspective, I'm 100% sure Kerry would have been worse. 

Don't believe it? Take a look everyone: 

http://www.gunowners.org/cgv.htm

Kerry's state he represented is Massachusetts or however you spell it.  Take a look how he voted on various gun related bills, and gun control legislation.  He is pretty obviously a very strong advocate of gun control. 

Contrast that with Bush.  Bush himself happens to be a member of the NRA.  During his tenure as governor of Texas, he signed a good deal of pro-gun legislation. 

The effects of the Bush administration on gun policy are as expected.  We have a pro-gun ambassador to the U.N. who basically told them to fuck off when they tried to start up international regulations on guns (Bolton).  I don't think he vetoed any pro-gun legislation that managed to make it's way to his desk. 

I can see why the NRA endorsed him.