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Cartoon by David Horsey<\/p><\/div>\n

By Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

April 20, 2013<\/p>\n

Given the Sandy Hook Elementary School killings, the shootings at a supermarket near Tucson, the pleas for gun control legislation by the parents of the Sandy Hook victims, and the testimony by for Representative Gabrielle Giffords, victim of the supermarket shootings, you would think that reasonable gun control legislation would likely pass in the U.S. Senate. Regrettably, it is not to be.<\/p>\n

Legislation strengthening background checks — supported by 90 percent of Americans — has been defeated in the Senate 54 to 46.<\/p>\n

The ban on dozens of military-style assault weapons was also defeated by a vote of 40 to 60;\u00a0a bipartisan amendment to stiffen penalties for \u201cstraw purchasers,\u201d 58 to 42; and an amendment to limit the size of ammunition magazines, 54-46.<\/p>\n

It was a shameful moment in the Senate. \u00a0Failed gun control legislation has again fallen victim to the tyranny of the minority.<\/p>\n

Then again, any gun control legislation would have faced an uncertain future in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

Except for the proposed assault weapons ban, the remaining gun control legislation received a majority in the Senate. \u00a0Why then didn’t they pass? \u00a0Because the Senate failed to reform its filibuster rule and\u00a0as long as the filibuster rule stands, gun control, or any legislation for that matter, can be defeated by a minority — 41 votes — \u00a0or never even come to a vote.<\/p>\n

As majority leader, Senator Reid set the rules of the Senate prior to the current term of Congress. \u00a0However, he allowed the super majority requirement — 60 votes — prior to any meaningful vote to stand and, as a result, preserved the threat of a filibuster,\u00a0stating<\/a>, “I’m not personally, at this stage, ready to get rid of the 60-vote threshold\u2026\u00a0With the history of the Senate, we have to understand the Senate isn\u2019t and shouldn\u2019t be like the House.”\u00a0 Thus, Senator Reid bears much responsibility for the defeat of pending gun control legislation in the Senate.<\/p>\n

What is the U.S. Senate filibuster rule anyway? \u00a0It\u00a0usually refers to any dilatory or obstructive\u00a0tactics<\/a>\u00a0used to prevent a measure from being brought to a vote. \u00a0Senate Rule XXII<\/a>\u00a0permits a senator, or a series of senators, to speak for as long as they wish and on any topic they choose, and unless “three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn”\u00a0(usually 60 out of 100 senators) brings debate to a close by invoking\u00a0cloture<\/a>. \u00a0In recent years, the majority has preferred to avoid filibusters by moving to other business when a filibuster is threatened and attempts to achieve cloture have failed.<\/p>\n

Until members of Congress are penalized at election time for opposing gun control legislation, senators, fearful of the National Rifle Association, will likely continue to use the filibuster rule to doom any future gun control legislation in the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Failed gun control legislation has again fallen victim to the tyranny of the minority. 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