Ed Gamble, 3/22/13:
Actually, in our current all-filibuster-all-the-time Senate, nothing at all can even hit the floor unless it has sixty guaranteed votes. And the assault weapons ban didn't have that.
No more complicated explanation is necessary; that's just how it is these days. Super-majority or nothing at all.
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