Schumer Demands Special Session Of Congress For Gun Control

By Cam Edwards

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is demanding Majority Leader Mitch McConnell bring back members of Congress for a special session to pass HR8, the so-called “universal background check” bill passed by the house earlier this year.

BREAKING: After El Paso and Dayton shooting attacks, Minority Leader Schumer says Majority Leader McConnell “must call the Senate back for an emergency session to put the House-passed universal background checks legislation on the Senate floor for debate and a vote immediately.”

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 4, 2019

As of this writing, we don’t know if the killer in Dayton, Ohio went through a background check, but the Texas Tribune has reported that the suspect in the El Paso shootings did go through a background check and legally purchased the firearm used in the attack.

The gunman charged in the deadly attack that took the lives of 20 people in El Paso has been charged with state capital murder charges.

Police say the gunman legally purchased the weapon he used in the shooting. #ElPasoShootinghttps://t.co/usxoA9fBcZ

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) August 4, 2019

What we do know is the HR8, the federal universal background check law, is completely unenforceable, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms