Correction as of 6/24/2022: I was incorrect to misinterpret this vote as a mere procedural vote.
If true, this is scary stuff! I am not sure whether this vote was more of a procedural vote as opposed to a final vote on the new law itself. I suspect, former as there were a significant number of Republicans who voted for it. However, it looks like Schumer bundled some minor legislation with the new gun control act with this motion.
Red flag laws are red flags for the U.S. Constitution!
Remember, the price of freedom is eternal vigilance and a high degree of individual responsibility!
"U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) slammed the process after the Senate held a vote Tuesday to advance a bipartisan gun control bill, giving lawmakers less than an hour to read the bill before the vote, but not before it was leaked to the media.
"This is the Senate operating at its worst," Lee told BlazeTV ... griping that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has also prevented lawmakers from offering amendments to improve the bill.
Senators voted 64 to 34 Tuesday in favor of a motion to proceed for an 80-page bill called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. ...
The bill would expand background checks for gun purchasers under 21 to include juvenile records and mental health records; create financial incentives for states to adopt so-called red-flag laws to confiscate firearms from people believed to be a danger to themselves or others; and fund mental health programs. ..."
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