S 3414 Cyber Gun Control.

http://votesmart.org/bill/15638/41248#41248

       A quick synopsis: S3414 is yet another attempt by government to place scary "big brother" style laws in place to monitor / protect us from ourselves.  This of course is in the guise of "cyber security".  While this is deplorable enough in its own right, it is what was done to the proposed bill that really agitates me.
       An addendum was made to the end of the bill, after it was proposed, to "reinstate" the assault weapons ban.  I place that in quotes because the "ban" really only served to aggravate law abiding citizens, and make money for collectors who sold "Pre-ban" guns at ludicrous mark ups.  The only saving grace is that any cyber security bill has no chance of passing.
       Rather than bemoan a liberal power grab, which this is an attempt at; I want to address the "root-cause" of this problem.  At the heart of this is the congress' ability to add irrelevant language to a proposed bill.  Bad enough when it is a pork barrel rider, but downright asinine here.
       The time has come for a law to be passed stating that each separate issue needs to be a separate bill.  End this behavior now.  How many perks were hidden in the Affordable Care Act, to entice state representatives and senators to vote for it.  Those should all be separate issues, and would never have passed alone.  This means that the congress would have had to pass it on its own merit.  (I will not speculate as to whether it would have happened, we all lived through it)
       Imagine, congress legally obligated to a degree of honesty.  Now if only we had one honest person in congress to propose such a bill.  (Which would, naturally have language added by opponents to kill it.)
       If only there were some other way to get this done.  Wait, I have a foggy memory of something from my constitution studies... (as should you all)
http://www.lexisnexis.com/constitution/amendments_howitsdone.asp

Although that method depends on state governments... Not likely to happen then is it...

       But then, in my world, people would shut off the TV long enough to be appropriately enraged at this behavior, by the people claiming to represent their interests, and leave the house to go vote.  A man can dream, can't he.