From WorldNetDaily:
Second-Amendment defenders are urging Congress to defeat an amendment slipped into an otherwise favorable bill that would require licensed gun dealers to supply a trigger lock device with every handgun sold, calling it an effective "gun tax" on every weapon sold.
The underlying bill – H.R. 800, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act – would help protect the firearms industry from frivolous lawsuits brought by cities, municipalities and radical anti-gun interest groups, said Gun Owners of America, or GOA.
But the bill was amended on the Senate floor in July by Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wisc.
"While it is imperative that the Congress pass legislation to protect the firearms industry, this bill should not be used as a vehicle for a misguided gun control proposal," said a GOA dispatch.
The group said House leadership is being pressured to quickly adopt the Senate version of the bill instead of taking up its own bill, which contains no gun control.
John Thune voted against the gun control measure while Tim Johnson voted for it.
