McConnell says he will likely vote for gun safety bill

The Hill ^ | June 14 2022 | Alexander Bolton

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McConnell says he will likely vote for gun safety bill BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 06/14/22 2:36 PM ET

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday announced he supports a bipartisan framework on gun safety and will likely vote for legislation that reflects it.

“For myself, I’m comfortable with the framework and if the legislation ends up reflecting the framework, I’ll be supportive,” McConnell told reporters after the weekly Senate GOP conference lunch.

McConnell is the 11th Republican to signal support for the bipartisan framework, meaning that legislation based on its principles will likely have enough votes to overcome a filibuster.

Every Democrat is expected to vote for the legislation.

The bipartisan framework negotiated by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) would provide funding to states to implement laws to keep guns out of the hands of people deemed dangerous to themselves and others.

The proposal would also provide billions of dollars for community mental health centers, as well as money to improve school security.

One of its more controversial provisions would be to close the so-called “boyfriend loophole” to deny firearms to current and former dating partners that are subject to domestic violence restraining orders.

The framework would also clarify the definition of a firearms dealer to require people who sell a high volume of guns to conduct background checks and crack down on the the illegal trafficking of guns by straw purchasers.

The framework calls for giving the national criminal background check system access to the juvenile crime records of gun buyers between the ages of 18 and 21 but it does not raise the age for buying AR-15-style rifles, as many Democrats want.

“If this framework becomes the actual legislation, it’s a step forward,” McConnell said Tuesday.

Tom Rice says Trump ‘not the future of the Republican Party’ as voters head to polls House passes expanded security for Supreme Court justices’ families, 27 Democrats vote ‘no’ McConnell said passing a bill to respond to mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, would further demonstrate to the American people “that we can come together, which we have done from time to time on things like infrastructure and postal reform, to make progress for the country.”

The GOP leader told reporters that Cornyn presented at the Tuesday Republican lunch a poll of gun owners showing “support for the provisions of the framework is off the charts” and “overwhelming.”

McConnell said the bipartisan group of negotiators “has done the best they can to get total support” and called the proposal to strengthen background check requirements for gun buyers between the age of 18 to 21 “a step in the right direction.”

[FlingWingFlyer]

McConnell’s sorry ass really isn’t into the Bill of Rights. Treasonous bass turd.

[JonPreston]

This is what voting for RINOS gets you.

[EastTexasTraveler]

These bas****s need to be kicked out of the Republican party.

[pepsi_junkie]

Wouldn't it be nice for Mitch to be asked to explain how under his leadership Biden has gotten everything he wants ... all of it except Build Back Better ... with GOP support either in committee or during the voting?

Notice Trump got none of that. It's almost as if... nah, won't belabor it. You get the point.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If they were serious about protecting government school students from mass shootings they would repeal Joe Biden's Gun-Free School Zone Act, but they are not interested in protecting them, just using their deaths for political leverage.

Congress should be a gun-free "safety" zone, just like government schools.

REPEAL THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONE ACT OF 1990

FACT: Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year or 6,849 every day. 98+% of the time the gun is not fired and no blood (including the criminal’s) is shed.

SOURCE: http://www.gunfacts.info/pdfs/gun-facts/7.1/Gun-Facts-7.1-screen.pdf, pages 21, 83.

FACT: 98% of mass-shootings occur in gun-free zones

SOURCE: https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-percentage-mass-shootings-happen-gun-free-amanda-prestigiacomo

[FlingWingFlyer]

Still no outrage demanding that homicide be made illegal and a crime though huh? That’s a damn shame.

[OHPatriot]

F*ck You McConnell. You decrepit useless excuse for a Human Being. Do the country a favor, Go Epstein Yourself

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Mitch works for China. Of course, he wants to disarm America.

[Mr. K]

Trump is not the future?

Sure... that’s way almost 100% of his picks win.

Except in one of the voter fraud capitals, Georgia.

[NWFree]

Senator McSlimeball says he’ll assist the libtard crackdown again 🤪

[Mr. K]

Trump is not the future?

Sure... that’s way almost 100% of his picks win.

Except in one of the voter fraud capitals, Georgia.

Where there was no actual Democrat race (only one candidate) so all the Democrats voted in the GOP primary for the candidate NOT endorsed by Trump.

[JoSixChip]

He is doing his best to demoralize the republican base. He know it’s the only way he can slow down the MAGA movement now. But I think he and linda, as well as other rinos are in their last term. It’s hard for me to see how he maintains his leadership position past January.

[cdcdawg]

GOP leadership betraying the people who vote for them. What a shock, Mitch.

[RckyRaCoCo]

The bipartisan framework negotiated by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) would provide funding to states to implement laws to keep guns out of the hands of people deemed dangerous to themselves and others.

...and who gets to determine that?...the Deep State?

[FlingWingFlyer]

And I likely won’t vote for any GOPer in November butthead. I’ll hold onto my campaign donations too. Use ‘em to buy gas. KMA McConnell. I’m done with you bass turds. Go kiss your far left buddys’ ....

[Sacajaweau]

The legislation looks like common sense...addresses school security, mental issues. No “MUST in the Red Flag proposal, and no raise in age...just references for 18-21 year olds...which I have no problem with.

[brownsfan]

The red flag provisions are the camel’s nose under the tent.

[mrmeyer]

Yet many on here will still cheerlead for feckless turds at gop, inc.