Analysis: Here's what Congress is considering doing on guns

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Confused about what new gun laws Congress is going to make after a summer of back-to-back mass shootings? So is Congress, apparently.

There seems to be a political opening to do something to strengthen gun laws, but it’s got to hit the Goldilocks zone of not too conservative and not too liberal to pass the Democratic House and the Republican Senate and get signed into law by President Trump. And right now, no one seems to know what that just-right legislation is.

The most difficult task seems to be finding common ground on background checks, specifically enough common ground that a majority of senators — maybe even a supermajority if some conservatives in the Senate launch a filibuster — agree. Here are the most-talked about proposals and their factions:

Universal background checks

What it would do: What it says it would do is make every gun sale go through a background check. Right now, all sales from a licensed gun dealer (so, say, a sporting goods store) require buyers to go through a background check. But that’s not the case for most Internet sales, sales at gun shows and private sales, such as between friends.

Supported by: House Democrats. They passed a universal background bill earlier this year; it was one of the first things they did after winning back the House of Representatives. Add to this list the two Democratic leaders of Congress, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.). They told Trump this week that it’s this or nothing.

Whom it would alienate: Nearly all Republicans.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-heres-what-congress-is-considering-doing-on-guns/ar-AAHqGuV?li=BBnb7Kz

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1. IMO Republicans want this too,

... just not on their watch. It’s cowardly, but it is their MO. Republicans let the Democrats do all the heavy lifting on controversial, social issues, so as to have deniability. Their policies push mankind to the limit, all the time knowing the Democrats will eventually hold them back from going off the cliff.

It’s gonna be the same thing with Marijuana. They want it legalized, but will wait and have a Democrat do it.