Obama denounces Senate failure to act on gun measures

Just as Senate Republicans successfully defended the Bill of Rights from pro-gun control amendments offered by Democrats last night, Maine Republican Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., rejecting the amendment and Sen.

Reid said Republicans let their actions “be dictated by the National Rifle Association”. I am going to tell them the NRA won again,”said Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat representing Florida”.

The Senate on Monday voted down four bills that would have expanded or tightened background checks on gun purchasers and delayed or prevented suspected terrorists from buying guns.

There would also be a five-year “lookback provision” to alert the Federal Bureau of Investigation when someone who was previously on a terror watch list purchases a firearm, something that could well have prevented Orlando shooter Omar Mateen from buying weapons.

Guns are responsible for some 90 deaths each day in the United States, but serious legislative efforts to enact gun control are only raised after particularly horrific shootings.

Underscoring that, senators backing Collins emphasized the political risks they were taking. Sen.

But on Monday, at least, even that was a non-starter in the U.S. Senate.

Standing with Collins on Tuesday were her fellow Maine Sen.

Sanders further contended that the Democrat-sponsored proposals “are commonsense”. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., his chambers No. 3 Democratic leader.

Early indications are that the measure has redrawn the normal contours of the gun control debate, with some vulnerable GOP senators getting onboard with centrist Democrats.

Senators on Tuesday rolled out a bipartisan bill aimed at stopping suspected terrorists from buying a gun, as lawmakers try to overcome a stalemate on the issue.

“After thinking it through and speaking with all parties involved, it is clear to me that the Cornyn amendment is the best way to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists and protect the constitutional due process rights guaranteed to all American citizens”.

On Tuesday, Collins was set to unveil a compromise bill that would give the U.S. Department of Justice the authority to deny sales of guns to people who are on two government watch lists: the no-fly list or the selectee list.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the vote is a “a shameful display of cowardice”.

“Essentially, we believe that if you’re too unsafe to fly on a plane, you’re too risky to buy a gun”, Collins said at a press conference announcing the legislation.