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Originally Posted by MrSparkle001
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Sometimes amendments to bills are done on purpose anticipating the bills will fail. It gives one party ammunition against the other. This bill for instance lets the democrats argue that the GOP is against even such sensible legislation as expanded background checks. Makes them look good and the GOP look bad; and the American people are dumb and naive enough to fall for it because they won't pay attention to the whole bill and what caused it to fail in the first place. They'll just see "omg no expanded background checks, GOP is teh evil."
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Yes, sadly amendments are used to manipulate public opinion like this as well, just another reason that they need to be abolished.
I do concede that background checks probably do need to be expanded somewhat, but I'm not delusional into thinking it would've helped all those kids. I've filled out the form so many times that I practically have it memorized and can fill it out with my eyes closed. 90 second phone call later or about 10 clicks of a mouse depending on the dealer, swap some cash, and I'm out the door with a new shiny.