Posted March 1, 2018 12:30 pm by Comments

By Chris Eger

Senate Democrats were able to force a vote on a series of gun control bills in the Republican-controlled chamber but didn’t have enough supporters to see them pass. (Photo: nysenate.gov)
With a razor-thin majority, New York Senate Republicans on Wednesday were able to reject a host of partisan measures pushed by Democrats as “common sense” bills to fight gun violence.
Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, R-Suffolk County, the temporary president of the chamber, rejected the bills which were offered as amendments to an uncontroversial hunting measure. Democrats, for their part, were unable to garner enough votes to override Flanagan and no GOP members broke ranks to side with the minority Dems. For Flanagan, he argues the time is ripe to talk about secure schools instead.
“Our Senate Republican Majority is hard at work on a comprehensive school safety plan that will ensure the state provides the support necessary to strengthen school security and keep students safe,” said the Republican boss in a statement. “We have had productive internal discussions this week on the concepts of a full legislative package, and expect to act as early as next week.”
The quartet of measures forced for a vote by Democrats, part of a group of nine

Source: Guns.com

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