Dem Governors Push Trump, McConnell To Back Anti-Gun Measures

By Tom Knighton

Republicans aren’t known for supporting gun control.

However, more and more pressure is being pushed toward GOP lawmakers to pass gun control. Right now, much of the attention has been placed on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump. The two men are generally seen as the greatest impediments to gun control passing, but both have given some degree of mixed signals as to whether or not gun control will actually happen under their watch.

Now, a group of Democratic state governors has joined the chorus chirping for these two to back gun control.

A group of 12 Democratic governors on Tuesday wrote to President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) calling on them to pass an array of “sensible” gun control measures.

The letter comes in the aftermath of a series of fatal shootings in Gilroy, Calif.; El Paso and Odessa, both in Texas; Dayton, Ohio; and Philadelphia, Pa. The shootings in total killed 34 people. The governors said the onus is on the federal government to create a “coherent” policy to curtail gun violence.

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The governors called on Trump and McConnell to support red flag laws, which would permit local authorities to remove …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms