Senate Dem leader Reid now backs proposed gun compromise

Also rejected was a bill (backed by the NRA) that would allow the United States attorney general to delay a gun purchase by a known or suspected terrorist, but prosecutors would need to convince a judge of the would-be-buyer’s connection to terrorism within three days.

Earnest said the bills put forth for votes on Monday evening should have drawn strong bipartisan support aimed at shoring up the country’s defences by keeping firearms away from people on terrorism watch lists. It is the largest mass shooting in US history.

The proposed no-fly bill introduced by Sen.

“I owe it to the people or Orlando”, he said, “to get the job done”.

The announcement of the bipartisan breakthrough came less than 24 hours after four gun bills failed on the Senate floor Monday night. Sen.

The second proposal was a Democratic-sponsored amendment that would expand the background check system for those buying guns to require checks at gun shows and for online purchases, which is commonly referred to as the “gun show loophole”. The National Rifle Association opposes the bill, which will make it hard for Republicans to back it.

President Barack Obama is denouncing the Senate’s failure to pass gun control measures in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida. Selectees can fly after unusually intensive screening.All but a combined total of around 2,800 people on those lists are foreigners, who are mostly unable to purchase firearms in the U.S.Under Collins proposal, Americans denied guns could appeal their rejections to federal courts.

Senator King says the weakness of gun rules here contrasts with the aggressiveness of U.S. action against terror groups like ISIS overseas. “Focusing so narrowly on these two smaller sets is not enough, and I’d like to tell you why: It would leave out a huge number of known or suspected terrorists”.

“Our goal is simple and straightforward: We want to make America safer”, Collins said at a press conference unveiling the proposal, which she said “would help keep guns out of the hands of terrorists”. But some oppose a bill they say could violate a citizen’s right to due process.

“Democrats and Republicans are working together to find solutions and protect Americans from gun violence”, Reid said.

But Flake said that unlike the earlier partisan proposals, which were created to fail so each side could make its points, the latest proposal is created to succeed.