Pelosi, Schumer press for gun screenings

[Warlord]

Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill pressed President Trump on Monday to support tougher gun laws, a move that comes as the president attempts to shift the focus of gun-violence prevention from firearms to mental illness.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) contend that the most effective prescription for reining in shooting deaths is to expand background checks prior to the sale of firearms. A pair of House-passed measures, they argued, would do just that.

"Countless lives have been saved since the passage of background checks legislation," Pelosi said in a statement, referring to the screenings required of licensed gun dealers since 1994. "Tragically, efforts to irresponsibly circumvent the law have emerged, enabled by new technologies and techniques: sales made over the Internet, at gun shows and person-to-person.

"These evasions must be swiftly and fully corrected."

Pelosi and Schumer are pushing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to take up the House bills in the wake of a pair of deadly mass shootings in Texas and Ohio this month. And they want Trump on board as well.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4...mp-inches-away

[Anti Globalist]

$#@! Pelosi and Schumer.

[enhanced_deficit]

Some short sighted people were not pleaseed when Trump had said , "Pelosi loves this country". But now it becomes clear that he had viosionary leadership.

It appears Congressional leaders and POTUS have already been briefed on screening guidelines by Senior White House advisor:


Ivanka Trump involved in congressional outreach on gun reform
August 13, 2019 / CBS News

President Trump's daughter and senior aide Ivanka Trump is involved in the White House's outreach to members of Congress, a White House official told CBS News. Her outreach, the official said, is a part of the White House office of legislative affairs' efforts to engage members of Congress in talks about gun policy.
Ivanka Trump "has trusted relationships on both sides of the aisle and she is working in concert with the White House policy and legislative teams," a White House official said. Axios first reported Ivanka Trump's involvement.
The president's elder daughter was the first in the Trump family to declare the shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, acts of "terror." And she has voiced support for "red flag" laws, which would allow law enforcement to take weapons from Americans deemed to be a risk to themselves or others.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ivanka-...on-gun-reform/

[Brian4Liberty]

"Countless lives have been saved since the passage of background checks legislation," Pelosi said in a statement, referring to the screenings required of licensed gun dealers since 1994.

Lol. Lies, damned lies, and Pelosi statistics.

“But it’s a scientific fact!!!”

[Swordsmyth]

President Trump said Tuesday that the United States already has “very strong background checks” for gun purchasers and that officials need to be wary of the prospect of a “slippery slope” where “everything gets taken away.”
Trump’s comments to reporters in the Oval Office provided more evidence that he is backtracking after initially expressing support for enhanced background checks following a pair of mass shootings that killed 31 people earlier this month.

More at: https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...kground-checks

[Swordsmyth]

President Trump called National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre on Tuesday to tell him that universal background checks for gun purchases are off the table, The Atlantic reported.

“He was cementing his stance that we already have background checks and that he’s not waffling on this anymore,” a source told The Atlantic with regard to Trump's phone call with LaPierre on Tuesday. “He doesn’t want to pursue it.”
Trump told LaPierre that he instead wanted to focus on “increasing funding” for mental health care and directing attorneys general across the country to start prosecuting “gun crime” through federal firearms charges from the Justice Department, according to The Atlantic.
LaPierre confirmed Tuesday evening that he had spoken to Trump, though he did not provide details.
"I spoke to the president today. We discussed the best ways to prevent these types of tragedies," LaPierre wrote on the NRA's Twitter account. "@realDonaldTrump is a strong #2A President and supports our Right to Keep and Bear Arms!"

More at: https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...und-checks-are