Senate Republican leaders said it was unlikely they would consider the measure and Trump has issued a veto threat.
By Mike DeBonis Mike DeBonis Congressional reporter covering the House of Representatives Email Bio Follow February 27 at 3:48 PM The House on Wednesday passed a bill expanding federal background checks for gun purchases and transfers, the first major new firearm restrictions to advance in a generation.
Since then, the politics of gun control have shifted after an ensuing string of mass shootings and a Democratic pivot toward suburban voters frustrated by congressional inaction to prevent them. Last year’s midterms put Democrats in control of the House after candidates ran in many swing districts on supporting new gun laws.
In a rare win for minority Republicans, they prevailed on a vote of 220-209 to add a provision to the overall bill that would require notification to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when illegal immigrants try to purchase a firearm through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.Eight Republicans supported the measure Wednesday, a showing that the bill’s proponents said reflected the bipartisan viability of the legislation.
“So what does this bill actually going to do?” asked Hudson, a leading gun-rights proponent. “It’s going to turn a law-abiding American into a criminal when you loan your shotgun to your buddy to go dove hunting. It’s going to make it illegal for a victim of stalking to borrow a gun from a neighbor for protection. . . . Meanwhile, criminals are going to continue to get their firearms, whether it’s through theft or the black market or on the street.
Feinblatt said the midterm results and the quick action by House Democrats under Speaker Nancy Pelosi — after a previous four-year majority from 2007 to 2011 where no gun legislation moved through the chamber — showed the politics of the issue have changed drastically: “I think it’s fair to say that the myth that this is the third rail of American politics has been buried.”
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn said Wednesday he has invited Jennifer Pinckney, the widow of the murdered pastor, to be present for the bill’s passage Thursday, and he credited new members with bringing fresh energy to the issue — including Rep. Lucy McBath , who immersed herself in gun-control advocacy after her son was murdered in a 2012 shooting.
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