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Gun Debate: Lawmakers Say It’s Time To Act
By Ashley Killough CNN
Lawmakers tend to stay quiet in the immediate aftermath
of mass shootings, hoping to avoid attempts to politicize
such tragedy.
But two days after the attack that took the lives of 20 chil-
dren and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, law-
makers were eager to take on the gun debate Sunday - with
many saying a tipping point had finally been reached to
pass stricter laws.
Another group of voices, however, argued that if Friday’s
tragedy proved anything, it was a need for more guns in the
hands of people as a means for self-defense.
The renewed attention on gun-control laws comes as
President Barack Obama visits Newtown, Connecticut,
After the shootings of 20
children and six adults at an
elementary school, lawmakers
were eager to take on the gun
debate
Sunday. In a tearful statement Friday, the president said,
“We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few
years” and called for “meaningful action to prevent more
tragedies like this, regardless of politics.”
As a presidential candidate in 2008, Obama supported
reinstating the federal assault weapons ban that expired in
2004, but has yet to make it a top priority since taking
office. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Friday
that it remains a commitment on Obama’s second-term
agenda. In Congress, multiple gun control bills have been
introduced in recent years, but not a single one has
advanced to a floor vote.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said Sun-
day the president will soon have legislation “to lead on,”
announcing she will introduce a bill next month to place a
ban on assault weapons.
“The purpose of this bill is to get...’weapons of war’ off
the street of our cities,” Feinstein said on NBC’s “Meet the
Press.”
The senator added she’ll introduce the bill when Congress
reconvenes in January and the same legislation will also be
proposed in the House of Representatives. It’s modeled
after the original assault-weapons ban that Feinstein helped
champion in 1994. The ban, however, expired at the end of
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its 10-year term.
“We’re crafting this one. It’s being done with care. It’ll be
ready on the first day,” she said, adding that she’ll soon
announce the House authors.
Fellow Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, who worked on
the House version of the assault weapons ban in 1994, said
Washington has been “gridlocked” over the issue because
“you have both sides off in a corner.”
The New York senator said if pro-gun-control lawmakers
can admit “there is a constitutional right to bear arms” and
if anti-gun-control lawmakers can admit that “every amend-
ment should have some balance and some limitation,” then
both sides can meet in the middle.
“Maybe we can make some real progress instead of each
side being off in their corner, one side saying ban guns, get
rid of guns, and the other side saying don’t you touch any-
thing about guns,” Schumer said.
Connecticut has some of the strictest assault-weapons
laws in the country, but Gov. Dan Malloy said Sunday that
the lack of similar laws at the federal level makes it diffi-
cult to keep such weapons out of the state.
He said manufacturers can use “descriptive terms to try
to get around the limitations that are built into our
statutes” and added many guns found in the state had been
tracked from gun shows in other parts of the country.
“One can only hope that we’ll find a way to limit these
weapons that really only have one purpose,” Malloy, a
Democrat, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who’s long
called for more action on gun laws, said Sunday that
tougher regulations should be Obama’s “number one agen-
da” during his second term.
“It’s so unbelievable. And it only happens in America.
And it happens again and again,” he said on NBC’s “Meet
the Press.”
“We kill people in schools. We kill them in hospitals. We
kill them in religious organizations. We kill them when
they’re young. We kill them when they’re old. And we’ve
just got to stop this,” Bloomberg said.
He’s not the only one calling on the White House to act.
More than 126,000 people have signed a petition since Fri-
day asking for Obama “to produce legislation that limits
access to guns.”
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December 30, 2012 if sufficient applications have been
received.
Additional information is available via the Human
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ON-CALL PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS
SAMPLING AND TESTING
The City of Vancouver (City) is seeking proposals from well
qualified construction materials testing and laboratory
companies for on-call field testing, sampling and laboratory
analysis of materials incorporated during the construction
of city streets and transportation facilities, as well as water,
sanitary sewer, and storm sewer utilities within the City’s
service area. Occasional specialty inspection for the con-
struction of building structures may be requested.
Request for proposal packets may be obtained from the
Customer Service Desk, 1st floor lobby, at 415 W. Sixth
Street, Vancouver Washington, by visiting our website at
http://www.cityofvancouver.us/procurement, or by calling
(360) 487-8430.
Technical questions regarding this Request for Proposal
should be directed to Dan Swensen, Engineering and Con-
struction Services Manager, (360)487-7754.
Sealed responses will be received by the Procurement Serv-
ices Manager of the City of Vancouver, Washington up to
the hour of 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 6th, 2013.
Responses delivered later will not be accepted. The City of
Vancouver is not responsible for delays in delivery.
All responses to this request that are mailed through the
United States Postal Service shall be addressed to the Pro-
curement Services Manager, City of Vancouver, P.O. Box
1995, Vancouver, Washington 98668-1995. Please be
advised that USPS deliveries requiring a signature may not
be delivered in a timely manner as our receiving point is not
staffed at all times and may not be available to sign at the
time of delivery. Hand-delivered responses, or responses
not sent through the USPS, shall be delivered to the Van-
couver City Hall, Customer Service Desk, 1st floor lobby,
City of Vancouver, 415 W. 13th Street, Vancouver, Washing-
ton 98660. The United States Postal Service will NOT deliv-
er to the street address.
All proposals shall be placed in a sealed envelope, which is
clearly marked “RFP #2-13 ON-CALL PUBLIC WORKS CON-
STRUCTION MATERIALS TESTING”. Responses by FAX will
not be accepted.
The City of Vancouver is committed to providing equal
opportunities to State of Washington certified Minority, Dis-
advantaged and Women’s Business Enterprises in con-
tracting activities.
The City of Vancouver reserves the right to cancel this
request or reject any and all responses submitted or to
waive any minor formalities of this call if the best interest of
the City would be served.
No respondent may withdraw his response after the hour
set for the opening thereof, unless the award of contract is
delayed for a period exceeding ninety (90) days.
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