keith, you forgot to mention the House, which represents the American people directly, and its position on background checks. Doesn't it count?
It only counts if they pass a law and said law also is passed by the Senate. Then it has to be signed into law by the President... who is also elected by the People.... unless there are enough votes to override a Presidential Veto.
Our Constitution is a beautiful thing King. The Framers were wise when they devised a Tripartite form of Government, and an Electoral College so that power would not be concentrated in the more populous states. We are a Constitutional Republic. Not a Democracy. Mob rule influenced by a lying media is stymied by this form of government... unlike your country. I know how you and other anti-gun Libtards think that the Constitution should be a so-called "Living Document" that can be misinterpreted by activist Judges. But it's not, and thanks to Donald Trump, our 2nd Amendment Rights are pretty secure for now.
This is why it is so very important for gun owners to NEVER vote for, or support Anti-Gun Liberal Left Democrats. Any Background Checks that include make, model, and serial number are simply a back-door registration scheme. And registration is what anti-gunners in countries like Australia and New Zealand use to enforce eventual confiscation. This is why we need to re-elect Donald Trump to really secure Gun Rights on the Supreme Court. The NRA, and the Heller and McDonald decisions didn't remake the 2nd as you dishonestly claim. They simply affirmed the clear meaning and intent of the Framers. Deal with it, and interfere with gun rights in Canada.
Ed, historically the individual "right" to bear arms is relatively new. I believe John Ashcroft in 2002 became the first federal attorney-general to proclaim that individuals should be able to own guns. The Supreme Court in 2008 overturned all mainstream legal and historical scholarship by ruling that there is an individual right to own firearms although with some limits. Obama said it again last week.
I believe that during the previous 218 years the Second meant what it said: firearms shall be held by "the People"---a collective and not individual right---insofar they are in the service of "a well-regulated militia." Was an individual right even mentioned at the Constitutional Convention or in the House when it ratified the Amendment or when debated in state legislatures? I don't think so.
Imagine Mustela frenata trying to silence me, while he also says dishonest crap like your words above does no harm, and anti-gunners like you should be welcomed here!!!
Don't worry King... your legacy as the Anti-gun Troll of Doublegunshop is safe... in spite of your little pal Stevie using data from known anti-gunners. He has a long way to go to catch up to your efforts to undermine our gun rights.
