Nevada, California and Washington all voted in favor of enhanced gun control on Tuesday, while Maine narrowly rejected universal background checks for private gun sales despite millions of dollars spent there by national gun control advocates.
Maine’s rejection of the gun control ballot measure, and the narrow support for a similar measure in Nevada, showed the limits of well-funded national organizations pushing for expanded background checks around the country. Voters in Maine defeated a measure that would’ve expanded background checks to private gun sales and transfers or loans to friends. Polls showed support for the referendum before the vote; the measure had strong backing from Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control group funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg that spent more than $5 million in the state.
David Trahan, director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, which opposed the measure, told Maine Public Radio that he believed many voters took issue with federal background checks on gun transfers, saying: “I think that had this been drafted differently you wouldn’t have seen that much opposition.”
In Nevada, voters barely approved a similar measure to expand background checks to private gun sales and transfers, with just 50.45% voting in favor. That state also saw heavy spending from Everytown for Gun Safety, which spent $11 million in support of the referendum, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
California approved a measure that outlaws possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines, requires background checks for ammunition sales and strengthens a program that allows the state to remove firearms from people the state deems to be dangerous. Washington state also approved a measure that allows judges to issue orders enabling authorities to temporarily seize guns from people who are deemed a threat to themselves or others.
http://time.com/4564353/gun-control-state-referendums-election/
“Nevada, California and Washington”- Whimps, we don’t need you. Band together and become your own safe zone.
What did you expect from the zombies that voted for the wicked witch from the east.
BTW, the wicked witch, butcher of Waco, is dead. Ding, dong the witch is dead! May God have mercy on your soul. I know satan won’t!
That is not true, it was election fraud.
That was the one thing that the AZZholesTWTB have been pushing for decades. Even in California except at a few colleges and universities – and even there not all were that stupid, no one wanted that to pass. I, and others, have questioned a lot in California, Oregon, and Washington and none want any type of gun control except dumbed down college students and illegals.
It was perhaps the most important thing they wanted to “pass”. (I believe all candidates were “chosen”, not elected.
Far too many liberal in Las Vegas. This was once a decent state.
Not sure if the Gov can / will veto this pos – he and 16 of the 17 sheriffs in Nevada opposed Question 1. Passed by a sub 10 margin – WTF!
We are screwed in Nevada.
This is the crack that will lead to further restrictions on something that cannot be restricted.
Tyranny Abounds
Anyone here have that meme;
“Constitutional Gun Laws passed since 1776?
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I think I forgot to save, as I cannot find it.
It’s amazing how they have to have groups spend millions of dollars to pass something that no one else wants and then claim it as a victory for the People and claim that is what the People wanted in the first place. What a joke.
By the way, I didn’t know our Bill of Rights was for sale.
Yes, this is the problem with voting when those that vote DON’T know the law.
They commit treason against their neighbor that does KNOW the law, the Bill of Rights.
Precisely why the public fool system does not educate regarding the foundations of our nation.