WASHINGTON, DC – Following the tragic killing of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, some Republicans are entertaining possible compromises with their Democratic colleagues in the realm of tightened federal gun legislation.
In the wake of a tragedy on the scale of what occurred in Uvalde this week, Americans are rightfully justified in looking to their elected officials and collectively asking what can be done to prevent atrocities like mass shootings.
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Democrats have long fought for more robust gun control, whereas Republicans have typically cited concerns about overreaching legislation that could infringe upon the Second Amendment.
However, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled during a recent interview with CNN that Republicans are now willing to lend an ear to Democrats to see if there’s a way to meet in the middle on legislation that can help prevent senseless mass shootings.
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Sen. McConnell told CNN that he’d tasked Republican Sen. John Cornyn to reach across the aisle to some of the more moderate Democrats, such as Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Chris Murphy, to see what can be drafted that can directly address some of the relevant circumstances that led up to the Uvalde mass shooting.
“I’ve encouraged him to talk to Senator Sinema, Senator Murphy, and others who are interested in trying to get an outcome that’s directly related to the problem.”
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The Senate Minority Leader added that he’s “hopeful that we could come up with a bipartisan solution that’s directly related to the facts of this awful massacre.”
Arguably, one of the largest caveats associated with the investigation into the now-deceased shooter, Salvador Ramos, is determining what can be legislatively brought forth to genuinely deter something like this from occurring again.
From what’s known of the investigation so far, Ramos seemingly obtained his firearms from an FFL lawfully – as for potential red flags signaling he’d carry out a massacre, the only warning authorities claimed to have happened upon (after the incident) were via a few Facebook messages Ramos sent out 15-30 minutes prior to the school shooting.
Sen. McConnell stressed that while he’s willing to work with Democrats to find some common ground legislatively, he and other Republicans are not going to entertain a Democrat wish list in terms of any bills that have other agenda items baked into them.
“What I’ve asked Senator Cornyn to do is to meet with the Democrats who are interested in getting a bipartisan solution and come up with a proposal, if possible, that’s crafted to meet this particular problem.”
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is also reportedly willing to open up discussions with Democrats on what he referred to as “common-sense gun reforms.”
“I look forward to coming back after the break, see if we can find a pathway forward on common-sense gun reforms.”
Sen. Mike Rounds is among those Republicans looking at the Uvalde massacre from all angles in terms of possible solutions, mentioning possible tools that could help law enforcement identify threats sooner and outfitting schools with additional protection.
“Part of I think what some of us are still looking at is: is there a way to identify these individuals that have this propensity? Is there a way to provide local law enforcement tools to use? Is there enough resources available at schools to be able to provide additional protection?
“Are those things that we could agree on? Could we find consensus on those things? And I think that’s part of the discussion that may very well ensue in the future.”
Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stated that he’s open to working with Republicans to reach some sort of consensus on legislation that can help prevent what played out in Uvalde instead of using the tragedy as a means of “scoring” political points.
“I’m gonna keep in touch with them, and hopefully, we can get an outcome that can actually pass and become law rather than just scoring points back and forth.”
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Of course! They better do what they’re told. Blackmail runs deep in Congress.
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We don’t need any more gun laws, hell, Chicago has the strictest Gun Laws in the USA, Guns are forbidden, and they have more shootings than any city in the USA! We have a Moral Problem, a Mental Sickness Problem, a Crime Problem, a Leadership Failure Problem, but we have no Gun Problem! And almost all of the current problems we have in the USA can be blamed on Democrats. They have failed our Republic over and over and over and over and over! When is the last time the Democrats did anything that benefited American Citizens or our Republic? I will wait!
The 2nd Amendment uses the word “shall” which means it is absolute. I does not refer to just muskets but “arms.” The Revolutionary War militia carried an accoutrement of weapons including flintlock Pennsylvania rifles, hatchets (that they could throw with deadly effect), Knives, swords, as well as muskets to which a bayonet could be attached (bayonets could not be attached to rifles). Major Patrick Ferguson, a British officer, invented a rifle that could get off six rounds of shot in the time it would take to load a single shot in the muskets/rifles in use at that time (approximately 15 seconds). Fortunately for us, the British were invested in the Brown Betty muskets and did not approve supplying their army with the Ferguson rifle. It had superior fire power. Canons, howitzers, germ warfare (smallpox), and more were used during the war. All of the above weapons were known to our forefathers at the time they wrote the Constitution…and they had the foresight to envision the invention of new weapons. When they wrote “SHALL NOT INFRINGE” they meant just that.