The bill has broad bipartisan support—in part because it doesn't fully close the 'boyfriend loophole.'
, where 19 children and two teachers were killed by a teenage gunman. The bill was co-written by Sens. Chris Murphy ; Krysten Sinema , John Cornyn and Sen. Thom Tillis . That the end of the “boyfriend loophole” will come with a loophole of its own is largely due to GOP senators unwillingness to limit firearm access.
that he was uneasy with solutions to the “boyfriend loophole” that he deems too broad, saying, “At some point, if we can’t get to 60 [Senate votes] then we’re going to have to pare … some of it down.”This is the first major piece of gun control legislation that has a shot at passing Congress in over a decade, so it’s unsurprising that it only chips away at certain problems.
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