{"id":42923,"date":"2015-09-16T01:38:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T05:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=42923"},"modified":"2015-09-16T01:38:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T01:03:02","slug":"gun-rights-group-cancels-protest-after-senator-toomey-promises-to-back-down-on-gun-control-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gun-rights-group-cancels-protest-after-senator-toomey-promises-to-back-down-on-gun-control-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun-Rights Group Cancels Protest After Senator Toomey \u2018Promises\u2019 to Back Down on Gun Control Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42925\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Toomey.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-group-cancels-protest-after-senator-toomey-promises-to-back-down-on-gun-control-bill\" title=\"Gun-Rights Group Cancels Protest After Senator Toomey \u2018Promises\u2019 to Back Down on Gun Control Bill\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42925\" title=\"Gun-Rights Group Cancels Protest After Senator Toomey \u2018Promises\u2019 to Back Down on Gun Control Bill\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Toomey-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 17:  Senate Budget Committee member Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) listens to testimony from Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 17, 2015 in Washington, DC. Hall told the committee that federal debt would climb to over 100-percent of the total GDP by 2040 without major spending course correction.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Toomey-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Toomey-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Toomey.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Pat Toomey,R-PA, (<em>Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gun rights group Pennsylvanians for Self Protection canceled a protest at the last minute after Senator Pat Toomey promised not to reintroduce a high-profile gun control bill.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvanians for Self Protection were set and ready for action, but according to the group, a staffer for Toomey said the senator wouldn\u2019t be reintroducing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/manchin-toomey-to-revive-gun-control-push-in-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-rights-group-cancels-protest-after-senator-toomey-promises-to-back-down-on-gun-control-bill\" title=\"Gun-Rights Group Cancels Protest After Senator Toomey \u2018Promises\u2019 to Back Down on Gun Control Bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toomey-Manchin proposal<\/a>. However, Toomey\u2019s aide denied any such correspondence took place.<\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) lost to Toomey in 2010, but is running again, and said that when it comes to gun legislation, the senator is all talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you want a warrior who is beside you all the time, or a guy who deserts after one lost battle?\u201d asked Sestak. \u201cDespite repeatedly claiming he is \u2018looking for opportunities\u2019 to reintroduce the bill, either Sen. Toomey lacks the courage to simply reintroduce it or his conviction remains the same as when he said, \u2018My idea of gun control is a steady aim.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Toomey spokesperson E.R. Anderson said that\u2019s not quite the case, arguing that the senator is a big 2A proponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSen. Toomey has always been a strong supporter of the Second Amendment,\u201d said Anderson. \u201cHe has long believed, and continues to believe, that background checks for commercial sales of firearms are consistent with the Second Amendment and a reasonable way to help to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tom Campione, the legislative affairs director for Pennsylvanians for Self Protection said Toomey has another thing coming if he thinks he can pick up votes by aligning with the Dems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, the Second Amendment community is very concerned with this,\u201d said Campione. \u201cIf the senator thinks he\u2019s going to pick up votes by moving to the left a bit, he\u2019s going to lose those [conservative] votes. Don\u2019t believe us? Talk to Tom Corbett.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The situation leaves Toomey in a bit of a conundrum. If he abandons the Toomey-Manchin proposal, he\u2019ll win favor with many Conservatives, but if he doesn\u2019t he\u2019ll lose it with the Dems.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>This article was a submission by freelance writer Brent Rogers<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun rights group Pennsylvanians for Self Protection canceled a protest at the last minute after Senator Pat Toomey promised not to reintroduce a high-profile gun control bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":42925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,326,25,240],"tags":[132,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-brent","10":"category-current-events","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gun-Rights Group Cancels Protest After Senator Toomey \u2018Promises\u2019 to Back Down on Gun Control Bill<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A gun-rights group canceled a protest at the last minute after Senator Pat Toomey promised not to reintroduce a high-profile gun control bill.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gun-rights-group-cancels-protest-after-senator-toomey-promises-to-back-down-on-gun-control-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gun-Rights Group Cancels Protest After Senator Toomey \u2018Promises\u2019 to Back Down on Gun Control Bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gun rights group Pennsylvanians for Self Protection canceled a protest at the last minute after Senator Pat Toomey promised not to reintroduce a high-profile gun control bill.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gun-rights-group-cancels-protest-after-senator-toomey-promises-to-back-down-on-gun-control-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-16T05:38:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-19T01:03:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Toomey.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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