Posted August 14, 2019 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

There are a lot of anti-gun lawmakers in Congress, but one of the more vocal has been Sen. Chris Murphy. The Connecticut lawmaker has been a constant voice for anti-gun regulations among Democrats, even when such measures were politically unpalatable among the left. With their renewed desire to push an anti-Second Amendment agenda, Murphy and his history may have placed him in a more prominent role within the party.

Now, it seems President Trump is reaching out to Murphy to discuss gun control, and it’s not Murphy who is talking about it.

President Trump said Tuesday he spoke with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) about pressing forward on background checks in the wake of recent mass shootings.

“We had a very good conversation. We’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters while en route to a speech in Pennsylvania.

Murphy has been a leading advocate for more gun control laws since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in his state in 2012. He tweeted Tuesday that he’d spoken with Trump and Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) about support for background checks legislation.

The president has been adamant that he supports passing stronger background …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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