@jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world • 8 months agoKamala Harris announces new office to implement ‘red flag’ gun control lawswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square88arrow-up1341arrow-down119
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minus-square@givesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-3•8 months agoIn 2021 Dems controlled the House, Senate, and presidency… It wasn’t till 2023 the Republicans had the House. So why do you assume it wasn’t done during those two years?
minus-square@jeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilink3•8 months agoWalk me through the Senate math as to how they could have achieved the 60 votes in 2021 then
minus-square@givesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-4•8 months agoWhy does it need 60 votes to require background checks on private sales or a gun registry?
minus-square@givesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-4•8 months agoMate, if I’m going to have to keep guessing what you’re talking about and you can’t string 10 words together to explain, this ain’t gonna be productive…
minus-square@jeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilink1•8 months agoMate, if you don’t know how the Senate works, this isn’t gonna be productive…
minus-squaremycathas9liveslinkfedilink1•8 months ago@jeffw @givesomefucks I usually bring peanuts and cigarettes to throw at them. That is how it works if I recall.
In 2021 Dems controlled the House, Senate, and presidency… It wasn’t till 2023 the Republicans had the House.
So why do you assume it wasn’t done during those two years?
Walk me through the Senate math as to how they could have achieved the 60 votes in 2021 then
Why does it need 60 votes to require background checks on private sales or a gun registry?
Because of the Senate rules?
Mate, if I’m going to have to keep guessing what you’re talking about and you can’t string 10 words together to explain, this ain’t gonna be productive…
Mate, if you don’t know how the Senate works, this isn’t gonna be productive…
@jeffw @givesomefucks
I usually bring peanuts and cigarettes to throw at them. That is how it works if I recall.