{"id":959,"date":"2016-06-30T19:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2016\/06\/30\/sit-ins-pay-off-for-democrats\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:26:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:26:46","slug":"sit-ins-pay-off-for-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=959","title":{"rendered":"Sit-Ins Pay Off For The Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9267,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/paul-ryan-were-not-going-to-take-away.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;:9287,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\\\/house-sets-vote-to-end-terror-list-gun-buys\\\/article\\\/2595314&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20160803142615\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonexaminer.com:80\\\/house-sets-vote-to-end-terror-list-gun-buys\\\/article\\\/2595314&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 12:52:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 15:00:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 15:00:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9270,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.house.gov\\\/representatives&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.house.gov\\\/representatives&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nIt was only last week that the House Democrats held an all-night sit-in the House chamber to protest in favor of gun control. We sadly saw a hero of the civil rights movement, Rep. John Lewis (R-GA), protesting in favor of actions that would actually curtail both 2nd and 5th Amendment guarantees. At the time, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said the Democrats sit-in <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/paul-ryan-were-not-going-to-take-away.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was nothing more than political theater<\/a> and that the Constitution must be protected.<\/p>\n<p>That was then and this is now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/house-sets-vote-to-end-terror-list-gun-buys\/article\/2595314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to the Washington Examiner<\/a>, Ryan told the House Republican Conference that the House will vote next week on a package of measures including one that would use the no-fly list to deny firearms purchases.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>The House will vote on an anti-terrorism measure next week that would prevent terror suspects from purchasing guns, House Speaker Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers Thursday.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>In a conference call with the House Republican conference, Ryan, R-Wis., outlined a plan to vote on a legislative package that responds to the recent terrorist shootings, including limiting access to firearms by those on federal terror watch lists.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>&#8220;The terrorism package will include measures to disrupt radicalization and recruitment, and a provision to prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns,&#8221; a GOP aide said&#8230;.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>The move comes as Democrats threaten to continue &#8220;sit-in&#8221; demonstrations on the House floor until the GOP majority allows votes on two specific Democratic gun control measures. The demonstrations forced the House GOP to gavel out early for a week-long recess earlier this month.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You know what this means &#8211; time to start calling\/emailing\/faxing your Representative. You can find their webpages and phone numbers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was only last week that the House Democrats held an all-night sit-in the House chamber to protest in&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":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1843,1838,1414,1844],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-no-fly-list","tag-rep-paul-ryan","tag-republicans","tag-wimps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","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=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10764,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/10764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}