“For myself, I’m comfortable with the framework, and if the legislation ends up reflecting the framework, I will be supportive,” McConnell told reporters after the Senate GOP’s weekly luncheon. McConnell is the 11th Republican to signify support for the bipartisan framework, which means that legislation based on its principles will likely have enough votes to surpass a filmmaker. Every Democrat is expected to vote in favor of the law. The bipartisan framework negotiated between Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) Would provide states with funding to enforce laws that would keep guns out of the hands of individuals considered dangerous to themselves. them and others. The proposal will also provide billions of dollars for community mental health centers, as well as money to improve school safety. One of his most controversial provisions would be to close the so-called “friend’s window” for refusing firearms to current and former comrades subject to restrictive orders of domestic violence. The framework will also clarify the definition of a firearms dealer to require persons selling large quantities of firearms to carry out background checks and to combat arms trafficking by straw buyers. The framework calls for the National Criminal Justice System to give access to juvenile delinquency records between the ages of 18 and 21, but does not raise the age for buying AR-15 rifles, as many Democrats want. “If this framework becomes the real legislation, it is a step forward,” McConnell said Tuesday. Tom Rice says Trump “is not the future of the Republican Party” as voters head to the polls, House votes on extended security for Supreme Court justices, 27 Democrats vote ‘no’ McConnell said the passage of a bill to address the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Ovalde, Texas would further demonstrate to the American people “that we can unite, something we have done from time to time on issues such as infrastructure and postal services.” reform. to make progress for the country “. The GOP leader told reporters that Cornyn presented a Republican poll of gunmen at Tuesday’s lunch that showed “support for the provisions of the framework is out of line” and “overwhelming.”
McConnell said the bipartisan negotiating team “did the best it could to get full support” and described the proposal to step up background checks on arms buyers between the ages of 18 and 21 as “a step in the right direction”.