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Title: Dem Lawmakers Self-Destruct on Gun Control, on Verge of Handing Conservatives Huge Victory
Post by: mystery-ak on April 01, 2021, 04:36:44 pm

Dem Lawmakers Self-Destruct on Gun Control, on Verge of Handing Conservatives Huge Victory
Elizabeth Stauffer, The Western Journal By Elizabeth Stauffer, The Western Journal
Published March 30, 2021 at 9:57am

On March 11, the House passed the “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021,” otherwise known as HR 8, a bill that would require a background check for every U.S. firearm sale.

Afterward, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters, “When they sent it over to us last time, it went into [then-Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell’s legislative graveyard. The legislative graveyard is over. HR 8 will be on the floor of the Senate and we will see where everybody stands.

“No more hopes and prayers, thoughts and prayers — a vote is what we need.”

The New York Democrat’s plan to take up this legislation in the Senate, however, was thwarted last week after three key senators spoke out against it: Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana and Republican Susan Collins of Maine.

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