Guess which Republican senator got Bloomberg off his back w/ "compromise" (Toomey/Manchin)

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun violence group is pulling ads that targeted Sen. Pat Toomey after the Pennsylvania Republican agreed to a compromise on background checks for commercial gun sales.

“Following the announcement today that Senator Pat Toomey joined West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin in co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation to require background checks for commercial gun sales – including at gun shows and online – Mayors Against Illegal Guns announced that it would stop airing ads in Pennsylvania and thanked Senator Toomey for standing with Pennsylvanians and supporting this commonsense legislation,” the organization said in a statement.

On Tuesday, Mayors Against Illegal Guns released ads in Pennsylvania, calling on citizens to encourage Toomey to support a bipartisan agreement on background checks. On Wednesday, he and Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced they had reached a deal on the issue.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/mayors-against-illegal-guns-pat-toomey-ad-89899.html#ixzz2Q6B350A5

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[phill4paul]

Color me surprised. /s

[Quark]

Damn the cancer that is Bloomberg is inching toward my state. I don't want to live in New York City. :(

[Brian4Liberty]

Toomey folds to blackmail. They'll never stop pushing him around now.

[kathy88]

Self serving pig. We are truly screwed with him and Junior on " our" team in PA.

[itshappening]

Does anyone think Bloomberg will stop at background checks?

As soon as Toomey's bill hits the floor they will be looking for 50 votes + Biden to amend it to ban so called assault weapons and limit magazines

Just watch.

The Sunday propaganda shows will feature relatives of dead kids weeping.

[Christian Liberty]

Does anyone still think the GOP is actually worth anything? They're not...

Their spine will break on this issue. And as Chuck Baldwin correctly stated, this IS the line in the sand. If a candidate is wrong on this, they might as well be wrong on everything.

[erowe1]

Is there really a loophole for background checks with online sales?

Don't you already always have to have them shipped to a licensed dealer who will then perform the background check?

[mad cow]

Is there really a loophole for background checks with online sales?

Don't you already always have to have them shipped to a licensed dealer who will then perform the background check?

Mail order guns not going through an FFL has been illegal since 1968.These people know it,they are trying to outlaw you selling a gun to your next door neighbor or your cousin or buddy at work without paperwork so they don't know where it is when they come to seize it.

[TaftFan]

https://www.facebook.com/PrimaryPatToomey

[dillo]

it always starts with registration