{"id":2373,"date":"2013-04-12T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/04\/12\/peter-king-and-mike-thompson-to\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:21:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:21:36","slug":"peter-king-and-mike-thompson-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2373","title":{"rendered":"Peter King And Mike Thompson To Introduce Toomey-Manchin In The House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13761,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.politico.com\\\/story\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/house-gun-control-bill-monday-peter-king-89991.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13762,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/mikethompson.house.gov\\\/news\\\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=328452&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/mikethompson.house.gov\\\/news\\\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=328452&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nRep. Peter King (R-NY) and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/04\/house-gun-control-bill-monday-peter-king-89991.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> have announced they will be introducing the House version<\/a> of the Toomey-Manchin amendment on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>\u201cI will be introducing, along with Mike Thompson [D-Calif.], basically the House version of the Manchin-Toomey bill on Monday or Tuesday at the latest,\u201d the New York Republican said, referencing the bipartisan agreement on background checks reached this week between Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).<\/p>\n<p>He said the legislation will \u201creplicate\u201d what was agreed to by those senators, a bipartisan deal that expands background checks for commercial gun purchases, including those made at gun shows.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>King noted that Toomey&#8217;s conservative credentials make it easier for House Republicans to vote for background checks.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, Peter King is and has always been a big government statist type. Seeing him introduce a gun control bill is not a surprise as he has supported them many times in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson is a self-described Blue Dog Democrat and gun owner. Thompson says he is familiar with assault rifles as he carried one in Vietnam &#8211; over 40 years ago. While I thank him for his service, that was a long time ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikethompson.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=328452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He issued a statement yesterday<\/a> hinting towards this House bill and applauding the Senate for passing the motion to process on S. 649. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>\u201cToday Senate Republicans and Democrats voted overwhelmingly to reject the shameful filibuster that attempted to deny Americans a vote on legislation that will reduce and prevent gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBackground checks are the first line of defense against criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from getting guns. That\u2019s why the American people, gun owners, NRA members, and even many House Republicans support background checks.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bipartisan background check legislation that I will introduce and will be voted on in the Senate is enforceable, will save lives, and respects the Second Amendment rights of law abiding Americans. It\u2019s time for Congress to act. The American people are getting a vote in the Senate. They deserve one in the House.\u201d <\/i> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) have announced they will be introducing the House version of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2126,45,467,3144],"class_list":["post-2373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-background-checks","tag-gun-control","tag-rep-mike-thompson","tag-rep-peter-king"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9049,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373\/revisions\/9049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}