If No New Gun Control In September, It Won’t Happen

By Tom Knighton

Gun control appears to be fairly popular at the moment, and that’s a problem. It’s not surprising, though. After all, support for anti-gun legislation surges following mass shootings and there have been a number of those in recent months.

Yet gun control legislation actually passing is still as tricky as it ever was.

Now, it appears that unless a deal can be reached to pass gun control by the end of September, it’s not happening at all.

If new gun legislation doesn’t pass in September, it won’t get done before the 2020 election, sources involved in the talks between the White House and Capitol Hill tell Axios.

The bottom line: “It’s September or bust,” said a source involved in the discussions. “We’ll either have everything ready for when Congress returns, drop it on the floor, vote on it and move on — or we blow it.”

The state of play: The president genuinely wants to expand background checks, according to White House and Hill officials. He’s directed the Domestic Policy Council and Office of Legislative Affairs to provide him with options for a reform package, these sources said.

• As of now, Trump has expressed support for big, vague ideas — including tougher background …Read the Rest

  Source:: Bearing Arms

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