Obama's Gun Control Agenda DOA in the House

[Frodo]

Not even Northern Republicans have any desire to push their leadership on gun control beyond mental health and background checks:

Why Obama's gun plan may be DOA in the House

By JONATHAN MARTIN and JAKE SHERMAN | 1/16/13 4:44 AM EST

Before President Barack Obama can even launch his campaign-style blitz for new gun control measures, there are strong indications that any comprehensive legislation restricting weapons and ammunition won’t even see a vote on the House floor.

Interviews with multiple House Republicans from the Midwest and Northeast reveal almost zero appetite to vote on any sort of sweeping gun bill. In the month after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., none have brought up the issue with Speaker John Boehner. Without internal pressure from such center-right Republicans, and given his difficulties with restive conservatives in his conference, Boehner would seem to have little political incentive to move on guns.

And that may leave the president with few options besides focusing on background checks and what he can accomplish by executive action.

For all the coverage devoted to how much political capital Obama will spend on the hot-button issue and the details of what Vice President Joe Biden’s task force will come up with, the political realities of Congress have gotten short shrift. Leaders in both chambers have stalled on the issue, using the Biden commission as cover to not weigh in definitively. But even if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were to attempt to muscle through a bill — no sure thing given his own ties to the National Rifle Association and the many red-state Senate Democrats up for reelection next year — there is only the most minimal support among rank-and-file House Republicans for gun control.
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[Franzl]

Of course not, the gun lobby owns them.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Not news.  Of course the 100+ articles I've seen in the last two days make this even more non-newsworthy, since there is barely a gun left in any gun store across the country.

[Franzl]

Not news.  Of course the 100+ articles I've seen in the last two days make this even more non-newsworthy, since there is barely a gun left in any gun store across the country.

I'm sure they'll get new ones.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Not news.  Of course the 100+ articles I've seen in the last two days make this even more non-newsworthy, since there is barely a gun left in any gun store across the country.

I'm sure they'll get new ones.

I'm sure too.  Right now all the store owners are in Tahiti sipping a fruity chick drink by the ocean with their ungodly profits.

[Beet]

Not news.  Of course the 100+ articles I've seen in the last two days make this even more non-newsworthy, since there is barely a gun left in any gun store across the country.

I'm sure they'll get new ones.

I'm sure too.  Right now all the store owners are in Tahiti sipping a fruity chick drink by the ocean with their ungodly profits.

NSSF-adjusted NICS background checks were up 59 percent YoY in December. That's actually not as much as I expected, since they were up 39 percent YoY in November (before Sandy Hook).

[Likely Voter]

Gun control advocates need to create a  well-funded organization that will support those that vote with them and oppose those who dont (with primary and general election candidates). They need the anti-NRA if they ever want to get things done.

The NRA spent around $22M in 2012 on political activities. That is pocket change for M. Bloomberg. Maybe he should buy himself the candidates he wants to make this happen.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

If Obama can pass anything, he needs to focus his political capital on the ultimate no-brainer; universal background checks (i.e. for gun shows and online gun sales)

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

If Obama can pass anything, he needs to focus his political capital on the ultimate no-brainer; universal background checks (i.e. for gun shows and online gun sales)

He can't pass a thing, which is why he's right now announcing a couple dozen executive orders on the gun control agenda.