One Nation under Guns

Shame on the United States Senate for defeating the Manchin-Toomey compromise on extending background checks to gun shows - a gaping hole in preventing criminals and the dangerous mentally ill from purchasing guns.

The other day, I posted a list of honorable Republicans who voted for cloture to block any grandstanding filibuster. While glad there was no such phony dog and pony show, I have to revise to list the Republicans and a few Dems who have lost honor in my book:

Lamar Alexander of Tennessee

Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire

Richard Burr of North Carolina

Saxby Chambliss of Georgia

Tom Coburn of Oklahoma 

Susan Collins of Maine

Bob Corker of Tennessee

Jeff Flake of Arizona

Lindsey Graham of South Carolina

Dean Heller of Nevada

John Hoeven of North Dakota

Johnny Isakson of Georgia

Mark Kirk of Illinois

John McCain of Arizona

Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania

Roger Wicker of Mississippi

Of course there's the whole list of other Repubs I won't even mention who voted against this common sense safety measure. 

And the Dems:

Max Baucus of Montana

Mark Begich of Alaska

Heidi Heitcamp of North Dakota

Mark Pryor of Arkansas

Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader, also voted against it to preserve his procedural option to call the same vote again.

My source was Politico. I read elsewhere that the 60 vote requirement was another procedural move under Senate rules to prevent any revival of a filibuster on any of the amendments.

Wake up America! We the People is not the NRA.

Remember, guns don't kill people. They just make it a lot easier.