Orlando shooting brings spotlight back to gun debate again

It should be noted that adopting this restriction would not have stopped either Orlando shooter Omar Mateen or Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino killers.

In Congress, Republicans and Democrats were meeting to discuss how to address the gap in current law that allows some people on terrorist watch lists to purchase guns.

U.S. senators signalled on Wednesday a new willingness to consider restrictions on the sale of guns after the Orlando nightclub massacre, with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and others in his party ready to discuss limited gun control measures.

A United States government report shows that known or suspected terrorists have passed background checks for gun sales more than 90 percent of the time since 2004.

Federal law requires background checks on gun buyers, disqualifying potential purchasers who are convicted felons, domestic abusers or mentally ill. “That’s a lot of progress from where we are today”. But the analysis does not include such a statement, and it is US policy in backing groups seeking to overthrow the Syrian government that it does not work with al-Qaida or provide it support. Those on the list would be blocked from immediately buying a firearm. As a result, a December 2015 bill drafted in response to the shootings in San Bernardino, California, in which 14 people died, and sponsored by that state’s Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein, was voted down 54-45.

A slight plurality of Independents appear to agree with Democratic respondents, with 47 percent in support of a ban and 45 percent against it. These proposals have precedent.

Well, one of those suspected terrorists too risky to buy a gun is Steven Hayes of The Weekly Standard and Fox News. The ban expired in 2004 and has not been reinstated, despite repeated efforts by Congressional Democrats. Now, he is not only against the ban, but he calls for arming many more Americans and claims that Democrats are coming to confiscate guns.

“I believe in guns, but do we need assault rifles?”

As of Friday afternoon, Collins said, Sen. Just not every kind. For decades, it has been absolute in its opposition to new gun regulations. Mark Weiser, 29, of Bristol Township, supports the Senate Democrat proposal to prevent terror suspects from obtaining firearms, but opposes any sort of limit on the type of gun.

It’s important to remember that mass shootings and terrorist attacks, while horrific, are only a tiny sliver of gun violence in this country.

Toomey previously joined forces with Democrats on gun-control legislation after a gunman in 2012 fatally shot 20 young children and six educators at a CT elementary school.

This weekend’s Orlando shooting left many wondering how the shooter legally bought guns, even after the Federal Bureau of Investigation questioned him several times.

“This issue has come to a tipping point over the a year ago, we have seen the American people engage and push back on this issue in a way we haven’t seen before”, said Brendan Kelly, a spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.