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He said Democrats and Republicans have agreed to take some “commonsense steps” while still upholding Americans’ Second Amendment rights — but he warned, “we’re not going to do everything I want.”
“We’re not going to put a piece of legislation on the table that’s going to ban assault weapons, or we’re not going to pass comprehensive background checks,” the senator said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“But, right now, people in this country want us to make progress. They just don’t want the status quo to continue for another 30 years.”
Still, Murphy said he is “sober-minded about our chances” that comes from being involved in such discussions over the years.
The measures will likely include investments in mental health, funds to increase school security and a change in red flag laws, but he said the talks are continuing and the senators are “trying to figure out what can get 60 to 70 votes in the Senate.”
He said there are a “number of mechanisms” that could be used to expand the checks and that the proposal “makes sense.”
“We all agree that violent criminals and deranged dangerously mentally ill people shouldn’t have firearms. So we need a mechanism to increase the likelihood that will identify such a person and prevent them from buying a gun legally anyway … and so that’s the idea behind expanding background checks,” Toomey
He said Democrats and Republicans have agreed to take some “commonsense steps” while still upholding Americans’ Second Amendment rights — but he warned, “we’re not going to do everything I want.”
“We’re not going to put a piece of legislation on the table that’s going to ban assault weapons, or we’re not going to pass comprehensive background checks,” the senator said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“But, right now, people in this country want us to make progress. They just don’t want the status quo to continue for another 30 years.”
Still, Murphy said he is “sober-minded about our chances” that comes from being involved in such discussions over the years.
The measures will likely include investments in mental health, funds to increase school security and a change in red flag laws, but he said the talks are continuing and the senators are “trying to figure out what can get 60 to 70 votes in the Senate.”
He said there are a “number of mechanisms” that could be used to expand the checks and that the proposal “makes sense.”
“We all agree that violent criminals and deranged dangerously mentally ill people shouldn’t have firearms. So we need a mechanism to increase the likelihood that will identify such a person and prevent them from buying a gun legally anyway … and so that’s the idea behind expanding background checks,” Toomey
