One of those common sense things

Let's play a game. I'll give you some background facts, and then you decide what you would have done, assuming you were a Connecticut State Senator.

Last October, an 8-year-old Connecticut boy accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi when he was at a gun show in Massachusetts. The boy's father, who ironically is the director of emergency medicine at a Connecticut hospital, was supporting him from behind as the 8-year-old was firing the machine gun.

Last week, the Connecticut State Senate voted on a bill which would prevent anyone under 16 from firing a machine gun. How would you have voted?

Probably not with Sen. Witkos. Here's one of those lines which should reasonably amount to political suicide:

"I think the legislation’s useless,” said Sen. Kevin Witkos, R-Canton, one of two to vote against the measure...

If you don't vote for this bill, what bill will you vote for?