Tuesday, June 14, 2016

After Orlando, Dems Renew Push To Stop People On No-Fly List From Buying Guns

Reacting to the mass shooting in a gay nightclub in Orlando, allegedly by a self-proclaimed ISIS sympathizer, Senate Democrats plan to push legislation once again to keep people on the federal government's terrorist watch list from buying guns.

In a conference call with reporters Monday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Democratic senators said the Orlando attack had motivated Democrats to bring back the "Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015," a bill Democrats had tried and failed to pass in December after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California.

 "We will find a way to bring this to a vote," Schumer said Monday. "This is the first thing we are going to attempt because it is the most relevant."...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/dems-renew-push-to-stop-people-on-no-fly-list-from-buying-guns


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