Chuck Schumer: Country Needs a Gun Control Vote, ‘Not Thoughts and Prayers’AWR Hawkins 11 Mar 2021
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday said America needed a vote on gun control rather than “thoughts and prayers.â€
The Washington Times quoted Schumer as saying, “They will be on the floor of the Senate and we will see where everyone stands. A vote is needed, not thoughts and prayers.â€
Schumer’s comments came on the day the House passed H.R. 8, which is universal background check legislation. The bill would expand retail point-of-sale background checks so as to cover private points-of-sale. This will criminalize an individual who sells a 5-shot revolver to a lifelong neighbor, unless that neighbor first undergoes a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check, conducted by the FBI.
House passage means the bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) urged bipartisan support for the gun control measure as it came to the House floor for a vote.
The Times noted House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said, “If Republicans stand in the way, they will pay a price both morally and politically.â€
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2021/03/11/chuck-schumer-gun-control-vote-needed-not-thoughts-prayers/