"Today we are delivering common sense proposals that balance tougher penalties for dangerous drivers with practical steps to help youngsters and other more vulnerable groups stay safe on our roads".
Appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Wednesday, Delaware's Gov. John Markell said that national public opinion polls have showed public support for a "number of these really common sense proposals".
Patrick McLoughlin, the transport secretary, said he was putting forward "common sense proposals that balance tougher penalties for dangerous drivers with practical steps to help youngsters and other more vulnerable groups stay safe on our roads".
They are popular, common sense proposals that don't force workers into choosing between time and money, and they recognize that working families' financially security depends on both.
Unfortunately, both of these common sense proposals are opposed by conservatives, and many of the same so-called fiscal hawks, who'd rather reduce spending by cutting benefits to seniors than curtailing excessive Medicare payments to the highly profitable pharmaceutical industry.
The truth is that with rights come responsibilities -- and the responsibility to keep our children safe from assault weapons trumps the right of fear mongers to manufacture a phantom fringe of leftist gun grabbers in order to scare responsible gun owners into rejecting common sense proposals to implement gun violence reduction.
The NRA has thwarted any number of common sense proposals from background checks at gun shows and other private sales (comprising 40percentt of gun transactions) that could prevent weapons from reaching criminals or the mentally ill, as well as legislation to stop the high-capacity magazines that allow mass killers to kill and maim so many people in a matter of seconds.
My initial reaction to Mr. Boyte's common-sense proposal was "yes," the fabric of society is broken and a broad discussion is certainly in order.
Expanded background checks wouldn't have saved our loved ones, but still we came to support the bipartisan proposal from two senators, both with "A" ratings from the NRA -- a common-sense proposal supported by 90 percent of Americans.
* The N.R.A. is urging its members to band together in opposition to Measure C, a common-sense proposal that would require gun owners in Sunnyvale, Calif., to report firearm theft to the police within 48 hours, lock up their guns at home and get rid of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
