Politics Trump’s support for background check bill shows gun politics ‘shifting rapidly’

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    Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Monday that President Trump’s newfound support for his gun-background-check legislation shows that the politics surrounding gun violence are “shifting rapidly” in the wake of yet another deadly mass shooting last week.

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    White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement earlier Monday that Trump supports a bill co-authored by Murphy and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) that would bolster the federal background check system, though she emphasized that “discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered” to the measure.

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    The bipartisan measure is narrowly focused on background checks; it would require states and federal agencies to produce plans to report offenses that would bar people from passing a check needed to purchase a firearm.

    It also reiterates that federal agencies must report all violations to the National Instant Criminal Background Check system and creates new financial incentives for states to report information.

    Cornyn and Murphy unveiled the measure last November in response to a mass shooting in Texas, but it was never passed into law. It is the rare gun legislation supported by the National Rifle Association (NRA).

    http://thehill.com/homenews/374544-...-background-check-bill-shows-gun-politics-are
     
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    Tougher background checks doesnt bother me. But it still doesnt keep guns out of criminal hands. It's just a half step toward nothing.

    But if it gets liberals to shut the fuck up, well done trumpster!
     
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    If that was a shotgun that would be a felony.

     
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    Fake news.
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    Fucking do something.
     
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    The lower receiver is still in tact. It's a moot point. He can keep that lower receiver and if a ban were to take place, anyone can buy the parts to replace what he did. The lower receiver is the only part that matters. It's a nice gesture, but to truly destroy it, he'd have to melt it down.
     
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    So much fake news.

    This makes no changes to the background check procedure or criteria.

    It simply orders agencies to stop shielding criminals and mentally ill people from being on it, which would have prevented the Charlston and Texas church shootings and the Orlando and Parkland shootings, the "Sandy Hook shooting" if there was one, the Ft. Hood shooting...

    Conservatives have been asking for this for years but libs opposed it on all fronts.
     
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    Waste of money that displayed his gullibility and nothing else.
     
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    I mean, gun laws are probably pretty strict if I was stopped from purchasing one (and threatened to have the cops called for the "disturbance" when I tried to press my case) :dunno:
     
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    Why a ban on semi-automatic weapons is an empty political con.

     
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