U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says bipartisan gun legislation won’t include weapons bans or expanding background checks
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen., the lead GOP negotiator in the Senate’s efforts to pass bipartisan gun safety legislation, is managing expectations over what kind of bills he’s willing to get behind.
As a former Senate GOP whip, Cornyn made clear that there are limits to what he and the Senate GOP conference are willing to support. Bringing up the old political maxim of “the art of the possible,” Cornyn said “we are not talking about restricting the rights of current, law-abiding gun owners or citizens.”
Among the proposals in consideration on the House side this week: raising the age to purchase semi-automatic weapons to 21; outlawing the sale, manufacture, transfer or possession of a large-capacity magazine; creating tax breaks for purchasing proper gun storage equipment; and codifying into law a Trump-era Justice Department ban on bump stocks.
He has demonstrated an ability in the past to move limited gun legislation through Congress. Back in 2018, hethat improved the national background check system to prevent domestic abusers from purchasing firearms in the wake of the 2017 Sutherland Springs church shooting that left 26 Texans dead.
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