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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf the bipartisan committee assembled by McConnell
comes back with only background checks and red flag laws I sincerely hope the Democratic party members on or not on the committee do not accept it as better than nothing. This is the time to ban all assault weapons period. The sane world is with us, take advantage of that while we can.
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)dchill
(38,532 posts)Republicans are for.
SYFROYH
(34,183 posts)AWBs are probably a nonstarter.
kacekwl
(7,021 posts)Come on.
SYFROYH
(34,183 posts)And certainly not most Republicans.
I don't see it coming out of a bipartisan committee.
babylonsister
(171,091 posts)SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,656 posts)Or just fund it for a year, or underfund it so nobody gets rejected, everyone gets rubber stamped.
Jacoby365
(451 posts)He said he hopes they can come together to fix the problem, which is mental health and school safety. He didn't even mention anything about guns.
doc03
(35,364 posts)delaying tactic.
kacekwl
(7,021 posts)the Democratic party will accept. It's been a week and already the responses are "no repukes will support it or start with background checks and red flag laws and go from there." I can only shake my head.