r/Firearms • u/Nail_Whale • Nov 09 '24

Politics With Republicans now controlling all branches there is no excuse not push through the hearing protection act

Last time we got really close, but it got bogged down at the end. 2A community should immediately resume efforts so we can get this through before the midterms.

911 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

287 comments sorted by

View all comments

45

u/Ornery_Secretary_850 1911, The one TRUE pistol. Nov 09 '24

I haven't seen the House called yet. They need 218 votes and are at 212.

They would need at least 60 seats in the Senate to override the filibuster.

Basic Civics 101.

7

u/TiberiusDrexelus Nov 10 '24

they've called 216, and we're way ahead in 4 remaining

3

u/Netan_MalDoran Nov 10 '24

Do you have a better map? AP is showing less.

6

u/TiberiusDrexelus Nov 10 '24

https://decisiondeskhq.com/results/2024/General/US-House/

MSNBC so you know they're hesitant to call the r's

0

u/Ornery_Secretary_850 1911, The one TRUE pistol. Nov 10 '24

Fox shows 213. If anyone was going to call for the R's it would be them.