President Trump is engaging with lawmakers on a proposal that would expand background checks for gun sales, Sen. Toomey says.
President Donald Trump is engaging with lawmakers on a proposal that would expand background checks for gun sales, Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., said Thursday.
Toomey and the bill's Democratic sponsor, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, first put forth the legislation in 2013, in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The bill failed under opposition from conservatives and the National Rifle Association and has been stalled since.
“We cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die in vain," Trump said in a pair of tweets Monday morning."Likewise for those so seriously wounded. We can never forget them, and those many who came before them. Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform.
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