Democrats vote against broader gun background check bill

[hislegacy]

Republicans offered an amendment to a broader gun background check bill to have the National Instant Criminal Background Check System report them to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which could then decide if it wants to pick them up for deportation.

The amendment was approved on a 220-209 vote, with 26 Democrats joining the GOP in support. Only one Republican voted against it.

Seems like they are for expanded background as long as it isn't illegal aliens.

 

[HTacianas]

Republicans offered an amendment to a broader gun background check bill to have the National Instant Criminal Background Check System report them to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which could then decide if it wants to pick them up for deportation.

The amendment was approved on a 220-209 vote, with 26 Democrats joining the GOP in support. Only one Republican voted against it.

Seems like they are for expanded background as long as it isn't illegal aliens.

That's another example of one of those "I don't see what the problem is" things. ATF forms gun dealers are required to fill out ask if the buyer is a citizen or not. Please don't tell anyone I said that. Someone will start screaming that our gun laws are discriminatory.

 

[Arcangl86]

Did this amendment require the reporting of people in other restricted categories attempting to buy a gun?

 

[hislegacy]

Republicans move to broaden background checks. Democrats vote no.

It doesn’t look good when out of one side of your mouth you say you want stricter laws and then out of the other side of your mouth you vote against the stricter law.

 

[Pommer]

Republicans move to broaden background checks. Democrats vote no.

It doesn’t look good when out of one side of your mouth you say you want stricter laws and then out of the other side of your mouth you vote against the stricter law.

Republicans offered an amendment to a broader gun background check bill to have the National Instant Criminal Background Check System report them to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which could then decide if it wants to pick them up for deportation.

The amendment was approved on a 220-209 vote, with 26 Democrats joining the GOP in support. Only one Republican voted against it.

Seems like they are for expanded background as long as it isn't illegal aliens.

Hahahahaha...good one...too bad it is not the “smocking gun” you’re looking for, to wit:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll098.xml
Right there in the TITLE
Bipartisan Background Checks Act

 

[hislegacy]

Hahahahaha...good one...too bad it is not the “smocking gun” you’re looking for, to wit:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll098.xml
Right there in the TITLE
Bipartisan Background Checks Act

Don’t know what you were trying to prove, but it proved the op correct. All but 26 Democrats voted against the bill.

Guess you can put that in your pipe and smock it.

 

[Pommer]

Don’t know what you were trying to prove, but it proved the op correct. All but 26 Democrats voted against the bill.

View attachment 254814

Guess you can put that in your pipe and smock it.

It is/was a single Amendment to the Bipartisan Background Checks Act.

 

[Hank77]

But Rep. David Cicilline, Rhode Island Democrat, called the vote a sham.


He said he’s working on another bill that would have local law enforcement investigate anyone who tries to obtain a gun when they’re on the banned-buyer list.


He said trying to tie illegal immigration to the gun background check bill was an attempt to “muck this up with a gimmick.”
.....
In 2016, 3,076 illegal immigrants had their gun purchases rejected. The number reached 3,569 in 2017.
House votes to notify ICE when illegal immigrants try to buy guns

This amendment has nothing to do with keeping guns out of the hands of illegal immigrants. It is an amendment to report someone as an illegal immigrant to Immigration authorities.
So yeah, it's mucking up a clean Gun Control bill.

 

[hislegacy]

It is/was a single Amendment to the Bipartisan Background Checks Act.

That all but 26 Democrats voted against.

 

[Hank77]

That all but 26 Democrats voted against.

Was there anything in that amendment that tightened gun control?

 

[FreeinChrist]

This article spells it out better:
https://psmag.com/social-justice/th...endment-tucked-into-the-dems-gun-control-bill

Immigrant rights advocates blasted the amendment as a thinly veiled attempt by Republicans to legitimize the Trump administration's continuous claims that undocumented immigrants are violent criminals. Multiple studies have shown that, despite the Trump administration's protestations, immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than their United States-born counterparts.

"No amount of gun-control legislation victory can cover up the fact that the House just passed legislation to further criminalize our family members and community in the absence of providing any legislation that would help them adjust their status and recognize their contributions to this country," says Kevin Solis, spokesman for immigrant rights group DREAM Team Los Angeles.

While gun-safety advocates championed the promise of gun control, some agreed with Solis that the bill should not have included a measure to further demonize American immigrants.​

The amendment passed, and the bill passed the House, but is likely to die in the Senate.

 

[Cimorene]

This article spells it out better:
https://psmag.com/social-justice/th...endment-tucked-into-the-dems-gun-control-bill

Immigrant rights advocates blasted the amendment as a thinly veiled attempt by Republicans to legitimize the Trump administration's continuous claims that undocumented immigrants are violent criminals. Multiple studies have shown that, despite the Trump administration's protestations, immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than their United States-born counterparts.

"No amount of gun-control legislation victory can cover up the fact that the House just passed legislation to further criminalize our family members and community in the absence of providing any legislation that would help them adjust their status and recognize their contributions to this country," says Kevin Solis, spokesman for immigrant rights group DREAM Team Los Angeles.

While gun-safety advocates championed the promise of gun control, some agreed with Solis that the bill should not have included a measure to further demonize American immigrants.​

The amendment passed, and the bill passed the House, but is likely to die in the Senate.

I was confused by the thread title bc even though it's technically correct I feel it's misleading. So thx for posting this to help me understand the truth.