02-27-2018, 03:39 PM
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House GOP leaders downplayed the need for Congress to pass expansive new gun control measures on Tuesday, instead turning their ire on the FBI and local law enforcement for failing to prevent the Parkland, Fla. school shooting.
Speaker Paul Ryan ^ told reporters at a press conference that “we shouldn’t be banning guns for law-abiding citizens” but “focusing on making sure that citizens who shouldn’t get guns in the first place, don’t get those guns.” Ryan — who said arming teachers was a “good idea” but a local issue that Congress should not infringe upon — touted a House-passed bill to reinforce background checks under current law.
But that bill also loosens gun laws by allowing gun owners with concealed-carry weapons permits in their state to take their firearm into other states — an idea going nowhere in the Senate. Ryan wouldn’t say whether he would allow the House to decouple so-called Fix NICS language from the more controversial concealed-carry reciprocity provisions.
The Senate is expected to do just that in the coming days, by advancing a bill that pushes federal agencies and states to submit required information on individuals’ criminal history to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System. But House conservatives are loath to back a bill they say infringes on the civil liberties of gun holders — even though the NRA supports the legislation and Democrats argue the bill barely moves the needle on gun control.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/2...rol-426711
House GOP leaders downplayed the need for Congress to pass expansive new gun control measures on Tuesday, instead turning their ire on the FBI and local law enforcement for failing to prevent the Parkland, Fla. school shooting.
Speaker Paul Ryan ^ told reporters at a press conference that “we shouldn’t be banning guns for law-abiding citizens” but “focusing on making sure that citizens who shouldn’t get guns in the first place, don’t get those guns.” Ryan — who said arming teachers was a “good idea” but a local issue that Congress should not infringe upon — touted a House-passed bill to reinforce background checks under current law.
But that bill also loosens gun laws by allowing gun owners with concealed-carry weapons permits in their state to take their firearm into other states — an idea going nowhere in the Senate. Ryan wouldn’t say whether he would allow the House to decouple so-called Fix NICS language from the more controversial concealed-carry reciprocity provisions.
The Senate is expected to do just that in the coming days, by advancing a bill that pushes federal agencies and states to submit required information on individuals’ criminal history to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System. But House conservatives are loath to back a bill they say infringes on the civil liberties of gun holders — even though the NRA supports the legislation and Democrats argue the bill barely moves the needle on gun control.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/2...rol-426711