That's NOT what I'm talking about!

Update: Legislation to curb lawsuits against the firearms industry was aburpty terminated yeseterday once the provisions listed below were added to the bill. The ban on assault weapons will expire in September, giving the general public access to military style weapons once again. Congress needs to act now.

By a margin of 52-47 the Senate voted today on an amendment to a Bill which would extend the ban on 19 types of semi-automatic guns. The Senate also approved an amendment , 53-46, requiring criminal background checks for purchases at gun shows.

This is very good news.

For anyone that's curious, these were the sensible Republican Senators that voted for the bills.

Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, Susan Collins of Maine, Mike DeWine of Ohio, Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Richard Lugar of Indiana, Gordon Smith of Oregon, Olympia Snowe of Maine, George Voinovich of Ohio and John Warner of Virginia.