The Senate voted to shield gun manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits intended to drive them out of business. But the usual gun grabbing Democrats lined up to attach gun control amendments, and the Republicans let one slip through. Gun dealers will have to include a trigger lock with every gun sold. The law seems innocuous, but if you've got a drawer full of trigger locks you'll never use, you might get tired of paying for one every time you buy another gun. Of course the government won't be forced to waste their money like the loyal subjects will. (emphasis mine)

Democrats won inclusion this year of a new requirement that each handgun be sold with a separate child safety or locking device, unless purchased by government officials or police officers.

Maybe stores should put a bin by the door for people to get rid of their locks before they leave. At the very least, the locks should be itemized as a seperate $5 charge on your receipt that reads "Democrat Triggerlock Fee".

The Senate also brushed aside a Kennedy amendment that would have banned hollow-tipped, so-called [by Kennedy] "cop killer" bullets.

My hollow-tips have killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car. And in case you forget who tends to support individual freedom and who tends to support gun control, here's a reminder:

The gun industry gave 88 percent of its campaign contributions, or $1.2 million, to Republicans in the 2004 election cycle. Gun control advocates, meanwhile, gave 98 percent of their contributions, or $93,700, to Democrats during that election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

If you believe that the anti-gunners only spent $93k, I've got a bridge you might be interested in. Maybe it's hard to pin down their numbers, considering they repeatedly fail to report contributions.