Relatives of the victims plan to visit Washington at least one more time to urge Senate passage of legislation expanding background checks on gun buyers and banning certain semi-automatic rifles.
PUBLISHED 7:49 PM EST Dec. 05, 2022It’s been just over six months since a gunman with a semi-automatic rifle murdered 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The mass shooting shocked the nation and spurred lawmakers to action, passing the first piece of major gun safety legislation in decades.
If the Senate fails to act before the current session adjourns on Jan. 3, 2023, the bills would expire and would be needed to be reintroduced when the next Congress takes over In the letter, the mayors urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to enact a pair of House-passed bills: One to ban the sale, import and manufacture of certain types of semi-automatic weapons, and another to expand background checks for firearm purchases.
Though both bills already passed the Democratic-controlled House, they face an unlikely future in the evenly divided Senate, where 60 votes are needed to overcome a filibuster. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, one of the lead negotiatiors on the bipartisan gun safety bill that passed earlier this year, expressed doubt the bills would attract enough GOP support to overcome a filibuster.
Some gun control advocates expressed their displeasure with Democrats' approach to gun safety reform, with one telling Spectrum News that Uvalde County overwhelmingly backed Republicans in the 2022 midterms.
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