Teddy Kennedy authored and sponsored lots and lots of anti-gun bills. Many of them got nowhere. Will anyone take his place now or will the wave of anti bills slow (of course not stop) without his vehement "commitment?" Here are just two - one very recent and one from the beginning of his career.
So who is the next champion of gun control? John Kerry certainly agrees with Kennedy, but doesn't seem to have the same focus on it. BHO (if he wins God forbid) can't sign legislation that doesn't get to his desk, so who will do his bidding in the Senate without Teddy?
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Personal Safety Firearms Act of 1973
"Gun control laws in the United States are woefully inadequate. In our vast society guns should have no reasonable role....For the American family in 1973, fear, apprehension, mistrust, anguish and pain are the dreaded products of our firearms history....First, the registration of every civilian-owned gun in this country. Second, it will require all gun owners to pass stringent qualifying procedures to legally possess a gun and, third, it bans the domestic output of all hand-held firearms that are not designed for sporting purposes." - Edward Kennedy, 1973
So who is the next champion of gun control? John Kerry certainly agrees with Kennedy, but doesn't seem to have the same focus on it. BHO (if he wins God forbid) can't sign legislation that doesn't get to his desk, so who will do his bidding in the Senate without Teddy?