'How many more children, mothers, and fathers need to be murdered in cold blood before the Senate has the guts to ban assault weapons and take on the NRA?' asked SenSanders.
"Enough is enough. We must abolish the filibuster and pass gun safety legislation NOW," Sen. Bernie Sanders on Twitter Wednesday."No one in America needs an AR-15. How many more children, mothers, and fathers need to be murdered in cold blood before the Senate has the guts to ban assault weapons and take on the NRA?"
of mass shootings that have occurred across the U.S. since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School atrocity.with Republicans on gun legislation. With the filibuster intact, Democrats will need to find at least 10 Republican votes to advance a bill. "My hope is that over the course of the week and next week, we're going to have a group of Republicans and Democrats in the Senate talking about how we can find common ground," Murphy added, mentioning"limited but significant improvements to our background check system" and so-called"There's not yet any indication that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer intends to cancel the chamber's Memorial Day recess in an effort to expedite progress.
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