Republican senator seeks bipartisan support for gun deal

Collins and the lawmakers who joined her, including Sen.

“My colleagues in many ways want to treat the symptoms without fighting the disease”.

A statement from Americans for Responsible Solutions, the gun-violence prevention organization founded by former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, said the Collins’ proposal is “far from flawless and would require work”, but welcomed the proposal nonetheless.

Once again, despite polls showing overwhelming public support for improved gun control laws, the Senate bowed to the National Rifle Association’s lobbying clout. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen.

There’s no set date for when a vote will take place on the ME senator’s bi-partisan bill.

“To my friends at the NRA … every constitutional right has boundaries”, Graham sad.

Rubio said in part about his decision: “Even as we fight terrorists overseas and strengthen our abilities to prevent homegrown extremism, we can not undermine the American people’s Second Amendment rights to protect themselves and their families”. Democrats said proposals from Republicans were too weak, while Republicans said the plans from Democrats were too restrictive.

This renewed effort on gun control legislation comes in the wake of the June 12 shooting in Orlando, Florida that killed 49 people and injured 53 others.

In the United States, gun dealers are licensed by the federal government.

Under her proposal, anyone on a federal “no-fly” list or related list identifying passengers for additional screenings would not be allowed to purchase a firearm. People on the list are presumed guilty until proven innocent.

Both proposals-one from each party-on blocking gun sales to suspected terrorists failed, as did measures from both parties that would have expanded background checks, including one proposed by Murphy that would require background checks for all gun sales, including private ones and ones at gun shows.

The bill is similar to two measures which failed Monday in the Senate, despite Democrats taking over the floor for nearly 15 hours.

A new approach to preventing suspected terrorists from buying guns was unveiled Tuesday by Sen. The amendment would also mandate sellers to notify law enforcement if they suspected a terror suspect is attempting to purchase a firearm. And he called King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, “a terrific senator”. He told CNN on Tuesday that the Republican-led chamber’s blocking of four gun control proposals Monday does nothing to keep extremists from acquiring guns.