Trump Team: House GOP Will Fall in Line on Guns
Source: The Daily Beast
Republican leadership wants to move the NRAs top priority. But they may have to convince Trump first.
ANDREW DESIDERIO
SAM STEIN
02.26.18 5:06 PM ET
The Trump administration is poised to buck conservative House lawmakers on gun legislation as Congress goes about crafting a response to the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
A senior administration official told The Daily Beast on Monday that the president is unlikely to insist that any legislative package on guns include a provision that would force states to comply with concealed-carry firearm permits from outside their jurisdiction.
That provision, known as concealed-carry reciprocity, is a top demand of House Republicans and a major priority of the National Rifle Association. In fact, House GOP leaders earlier this year attached it to a bill that would have strengthened the reporting requirements for background checks on gun purchases (The measure, known as Fix NICS, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, never passed the Senate). And, in the wake of Parkland, House Republican leaders have promised conservatives that they will push for it again.
Its critical that we address the safety needs of our law-abiding citizens from all angles, which is why [House Majority Whip Steve] Scalise (R-LA) supports keeping the Fix NICS Act and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act coupled together, as the House already passed it last year, Lauren Fine, a spokeswoman for Scalise, told The Daily Beast.
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Do not let a gunner even for a nanosecond sow doubt at DU on this.
Remember, what object of desire does the NRA love most and why do they love this Bill ever so much?
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)for those of us who don't carry guns.
bunt homer
(88 posts)In addition to treason, gutting healthcare, denying climate change, etc.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)any changes to Gun Law has to go through the House of Representatives. And we know that will not happen.