Republicans look to reverse rule based on gun law they backed (Sen. John Cornyn!)

Roll Call ^ | May 20 | By Michael Macagnone

[RandFan]

Cornyn had negotiated the 2022 gun violence prevention law that the administration relied on for the ATF rule. Now he has 41 Senate Republicans who back his joint resolution to stop that rule.

“Every time that they ask for bipartisanship, then if you provide bipartisan solutions, then they overreach and undermine any sort of good-faith negotiations that take place,” Cornyn said.

Democrats have touted the rule, and the 2022 law the administration based it on, as a shining example of bipartisanship and a major step toward making background checks on gun purchases universal.

In a floor speech Tuesday marking the anniversary of one of the mass shootings that sparked the law, Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said the law and implementing rule “shows change is possible when both sides work together even when progress is hard and halting.”

But Cornyn, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and others who helped negotiate the law’s passage said they felt burned by the White House’s decision to push the rule so much further than they expected.

They say the administration took a small change in the language around who can be considered a gun dealer and used it to create a rule that massively expands who qualifies as a gun dealer — and now must comply with federal rules including background checks.

“They basically took a negotiated bill and they changed it and tried to change the law,” Cornyn said.

The 2022 law included sweeping changes to mental health treatment, expanded state grants for school safety, violence prevention and other measures meant to reduce gun violence. The Senate passed the bill 65-33 and the then-Democratic House 234-193 following bipartisan talks after mass shootings in Buffalo; New York; Uvalde, Texas; and Tulsa, Okla.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Cornhole is total Rino fool.

Cornhole is trying to backtrack on the bill he voted for because it's not popular at all with his constituents.

[Lazamataz]

Gun Owners of America specifically warned them of this when the bill was being considered.

They knew, and they did it anyways.

[Bratch]

[eastexsteve]

I wish somebody would primary this guy out. I don’t know how he keeps getting re-elected.

[ModelBreaker]

“SEN. JOHN CORNYN got played and is now complaining”

I don’t think he got played. He is as anti-2A as anyone in the Senate. He just doesn’t like that he’s getting blamed and it might hurt his power.

So he’ll pretend for a while not to want to take our guns away.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Well duh Senator ! They play and play and play yall

[matthew fuller]

"How that crook is senator from Texas is beyond me."

He was an apparent conservative at the time. Chief of the TX Supreme Court prior to his election as Senator. His first term, he established a conservative record.

[5th MEB]

AAHHH; I see, he was “acting like a conservative” for his first term until he had a chance to figure out all the angles of corruption he could take advantage of.

Now he is “bipartisan” to take advantage of those angles and enrich himself, see there really is a QUID PRO QUO!

[Racketeer]

Exactly. Cornyn did not get played but is only playing along. His is a RINO POS.