Dems seek Senate vote on barring guns for terror suspects

President Obama spoke for me and every American in his remarks in #Newtown Connecticut.

Emotions have run high in Congress since the Orlando massacre with Democrats stalling Senate proceedings on Wednesday to filibuster for tougher gun control legislation.

Most congressional Republicans oppose the push to pass a measure to ban gun sales to those on the terror watch list, arguing that would violate individuals’ Constitutional right to bear arms. Both sides agree that such weapons are used in only a tiny fraction of gun crimes. “The only way to defeat them is to destroy them – not destroy the right of law-abiding Americans to defend ourselves”.

“OK, so you have 35 dead rather than 50”, Philbrick said.

“The danger here is, is that then it ends up being the usual political debate”, he said.

“In this community, you can hear assault rifles and things at night”, Mims said.

“First of all, Florida doesn’t regulate assault weapons or”. “You can make all the laws you want, you can make all these laws, if they want to get it they’ll get it, if they want to do it they’ll do it. There’s always ways around it”.

In 2012, US civilians were using an estimated 2.5 million and 3.7 million AR-15-type rifles, the Oregonian reported. The triggers on legal, semi-automatic weapons fire a single bullet each time.

Wilcher adds, “So I don’t know why they’re picking on people”. Their retail prices vary but are often around $1,000.

But his suggestion to prohibit those on the lists from getting the guns, though out of step with many leading Republicans, is not entirely new for the celebrity businessman. But the law expired in 2004, and hasn’t been renewed despite polls showing popular support for the idea.

“The study proved the ban had no impact because criminals and terrorists are not deterred by gun control laws”, Cox wrote. Manufacturers were able to continue making similar weapons with slight design changes.

Florida does not ban assault weapons or high-capacity magazines.

In fact, the gun liberals will conveniently ignore the detail that Omar Mateen used the same kind of AR-15 assault rifle that the married couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik used to cut down 14 people and wound 22 in San Bernadino, California, last December.

Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton staked out their positions on gun control Monday, one day after a shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub killed 49 people. He was killed after a shootout with police. Officials said Mateen had twice come to the FBI’s attention, including a 10-month investigation prompted after co-workers expressed concern over statements he’d made about possible ties to terrorist groups. The plan failed to advance in the Republican-controlled chamber.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., did not address Feinstein’s bill as the chamber convened Monday but focused on links the shooter apparently had to the Islamic State extremist group.