Mike Quigley: Difference between revisions

In May 2011, Quigley sponsored an amendment to the [[Patriot Act]] prohibiting the sale of weapons to people on the FBI's Terrorist Watch List.<ref name="Hill">{{cite news|last=Lillis|first=Mike|title=Judiciary Republicans kill bill blocking gun sales to suspected terrorists|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/house/161037-judiciary-republicans-kill-bill-blocking-gun-sales-to-suspected-terrorists?page=2#comments|newspaper=The Hill|date=May 13, 2011}}</ref> He believed that the Republican limitation of civil liberties under the [[Patriot Act]] contradicted their unwillingness to limit [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] rights. This bill, proposed as anThe amendment to the [[Patriot Act]], came under fire from Representatives [[James Sensenbrenner Jr.]] and [[Louie Gohmert]], who argued that it would infringe on the Second Amendment rights of those mistakenly placed on the Terrorist Watch List. The bill failed on a party-line House Judiciary panel vote, 21–11.<ref name="Hill"/>