Looks like this was just a forum of concerned citizens including congress members. No formal progress was made on the bill it's self. Brady bunch is touting this as a win?
Virginia Politics Blog - Va. congressman heads forum on gun show loophole
Liberal news source I huff a lot post kicked it up into my newsfeeds yesterday acting like it was important old news.
Paul Helmke: Law Enforcement to Congress: Require Background Checks for Gun Sales
July 15th 2010
Videos of undercover gun buys, prepared statements from law enforcement officers, and wrenching testimony from victims of 1999 Columbine shootings and the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre played out at a Capitol Hill forum Wednesday on the closing the so-called gun show loophole.
It was standing room only in the Rayburn building for the meeting on the "Closing the Gun Show Loophole Act of 2009." But it was also as much about symbolism as lawmaking, because the gathering was a forum, and not a full-blown hearing.
Gun-rights groups, such as the NRA, did not bother to show up. Even backers conceded that the Democratic leadership's decision not to hold a hearing on the bill was a sign of the unlikelihood of the bill's passage in an election year.
Virginia Politics Blog - Va. congressman heads forum on gun show loophole
Liberal news source I huff a lot post kicked it up into my newsfeeds yesterday acting like it was important old news.
Paul Helmke: Law Enforcement to Congress: Require Background Checks for Gun Sales
July 15th 2010
Videos of undercover gun buys, prepared statements from law enforcement officers, and wrenching testimony from victims of 1999 Columbine shootings and the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre played out at a Capitol Hill forum Wednesday on the closing the so-called gun show loophole.
It was standing room only in the Rayburn building for the meeting on the "Closing the Gun Show Loophole Act of 2009." But it was also as much about symbolism as lawmaking, because the gathering was a forum, and not a full-blown hearing.
Gun-rights groups, such as the NRA, did not bother to show up. Even backers conceded that the Democratic leadership's decision not to hold a hearing on the bill was a sign of the unlikelihood of the bill's passage in an election year.
