They know nothing they decide here will have any have any effect before the elections EXCEPT...
If they announce that in light of the recent SCOTUS rulings, the feel the Federal Firearms restrictions need to be reduced. Might be a way to garner some votes for those in jeopardy.
From your mouth to God's ear Solus. Still, I think this isn't a Machiavellian plot. Its not a midnight gun grab or a way to have the Dem chorus sing "We like Guns" to help purple district Dems. Its just another proof of Will Rodgers' quote "I am a member of no organized political party. I am a Democrat". I am a student and teacher of politics, and I know bone headed stupidity when I see it. This is so spectacularly stupid that I would suspect enemy action if I thought the GOP was competetant enough to organize it. Stupid is as stupid does. The Mascots are appropriate. For the GOP: The Elephant. An obese, grey, cantkerous creature that never forgets, and is a relic of the pleisotcine era. For the Dems: A Jackass. Well, enough said. The Libertarians: We might be be represented by the slovenly semi-venomous snake on the Gadsen flag, but given the alternatives? I'll take it.

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