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jimmy the one

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3. obama veto might be only solution
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:58 AM
Mar 2015
Gun rights groups are gearing up for a major concealed carry push.
The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, introduced last month by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the second-ranking Republican in the upper chamber, would allow gun owners who have a concealed carry permit in their home state to bring their firearms to any other state with concealed-carry laws."


This could be blocked by either of the two ways available, either with a filibuster threat, or the veto. It's possible dems could not get the 41 senate votes to block it in senate, thus I think it would boil down to a veto by Obama.
I think it likely obama would veto this, call it payback if you want for gunnutted nonsense throughout his presidency; and it's not gonna hurt dem chances in 2016, unless Hillary (or whomever) criticizes Obama for the veto.
For all the BS the gun lobby spits out that dems are trying to force our policy down gun owners throats, they have a lot of nerve to force this concealed carry reciprocity upon American states.

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