Democrats exasperated with Biden on gun control

[brooklynite]

Politico

Chris Murphy has tried to be patient with the White House.

But the Democratic senator from Connecticut, who has dedicated much of his career since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre to fighting for passage of gun control laws, has had enough.

“It’s time for more urgency from the administration as the gun violence epidemic gets worse by the day,” Murphy said in an interview this week. “A lot of us know that the president’s heart is in the right place and we’ve been really patient with his team.”

Murphy is leading a brigade of lawmakers and advocates pressing Biden to take unilateral action on guns. In a March 25 letter, previously unreported, Murphy and 127 other Democratic lawmakers demanded that Biden move expeditiously on three fronts:
— Issue new executive orders on federal gun licensing requirements and create a centralized task force to address gun violence.
— And name a new nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
— Finalize a regulation to crack down on so-called ghost guns before Democrats potentially lose control of Congress.

[wontbeoppressed]

1. I suggest this is a second term issue

Gun control is an issue that would best be tackled during a second term. Trying to tackle it in a first term is likely to prevent a second term.

[marie999]

2. Isn't it up to Congress to do something meaningful?

[Bev54]

5. Exactly, this seems to me to be another hit piece on Biden by Politico

Let's try to divide the party. It is congress that has been unable to get anything passed.

[brooklynite]

6. And by "hit piece" you mean "reporting what Senator Murphy said...

...and the letter he wrote to the White House"?

Our of curiosity, was this story a "hit piece" on Republicans?: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142901843. Or perhaps they have this habit of reporting political news.

[Demsrule86]

8. Sen. Murphy should stop. We have a midterm coming up.

[Srkdqltr]

3. Good grief dosen't the man have enough to do?

[tirebiter]

4. Hold up Ukraine as a model of a second amendment situation

With a well regulated militia.

[Ritabert]

7. Exactly what I was thinking

Given what's happening in Ukraine now is not the time to bring up gun control just before midterm elections.