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In the wake of the horrific killings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the usual suspects predictably are saying the usual things, blaming anyone and anything but the culprit to further their political agenda. The National Rifle Association is to blame, they say.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Thursday, June 16, 2016, criticizes Republicans as allies of the gun lobby Thursday, June 16, 2016, as Democratic senators call for gun control legislation in the wake of the Orlando mass shooting. WASHINGTON - The slaughter in Florida and an attention-grabbing filibuster in the Senate did little to break the election-year stalemate in Congress over guns Thursday, with both sides unwilling to budge and Republicans standing firm against any new legislation opposed by the National Rifle Association.
Sunday morning's attacks at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., have prompted many to take a strong position on gun control, saying "enough is enough." On Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, where 26 first graders and their teachers were killed in a devastating school shooting in 2012, began a filibuster to force a vote on a proposed "no-fly, no-buy" list that would prevent individuals on the "no fly" list from purchasing weapons.
A Democratic senator who mourned the loss of 20 children in his home state of Connecticut four years ago waged a nearly 15-hour filibuster into the early hours of Thursday morning, demanding votes on gun control measures just days after a mass shooting at a Florida nightclub.
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A Democratic senator frustrated with congressional inaction on gun violence led a nearly 15-hour Senate filibuster before yielding the floor early Thursday, making a pledge that he and his colleagues would press hard for more gun control three days after 49 people were killed at a Florida nightclub. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy ended a series of speeches with his Democratic colleagues at 2:11 a.m EDT after promising at the outset that he would remain on the Senate floor "until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together."
A Democratic senator upset with congressional inaction on gun violence led a nearly 14-hour Senate filibuster before yielding the floor early Thursday with a pledge that he and his colleagues would press aggressively for a legislative response to the tragedy in Florida, the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy ended a nonstop series of speeches with his Democratic colleagues shortly after 2 a.m. EDT after promising at the outset that he would remain on the Senate floor "until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together."
If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on when it comes to guns, it's their proclaimed respect for the Second Amendment. And so it is that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton can both pledge fealty to the same sentence in the Constitution's Bill of Rights yet still be sharply at odds on gun control.
In this photo taken June 14, 2016, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., left, confers with Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., emerge from a closed-door party caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murphy is launching a filibuster and demanding a vote on gun control measures.
A Democratic senator waged a filibuster into the night Wednesday, an attempt to force a vote on gun control legislation three days after 49 people were killed at a Florida nightclub in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said he would remain on the Senate floor "until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together," and evoked the Newtown school shooting in his state in 2012.
NEW YORK >> Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will be meeting with the National Rifle Association to discuss ways to block people on terrorism watch lists or no fly lists from buying guns as his party scrambles to respond in the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Trump announced the meeting with a tweet, writing “I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns.” He did not provide any details on the time or place of the meeting and his campaign did not immediately respond to requests for further information.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., left, confers with Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., as they emerge from a closed-door party caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 14. Murphy is launching a filibuster and demanding a vote on gun control measures. The move comes three days after people were killed in a mass shooting in Orlando.
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said he will meet with the leading US gun rights group about preventing people on a government terrorism "watch list" from buying guns. It came after president Barack Obama lamented the ease with which extremists can get firearms in the United States as "crazy" and Hillary Clinton said "terrorists" were using assault weapons to kill Americans, as Democrats renewed an uphill push for gun control after the Orlando massacre.
A Democratic senator launched a filibuster Wednesday to force a vote on gun control legislation three days after 49 people were killed at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said he would remain on the Senate floor "until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together," as he also evoked the Newtown school shooting in his state in 2012.
Can you imagine the GOP-led Congress, with its dismal record on gay rights, doing anything to help protect the LGBT community or fail to do the bidding of the NRA? Once again, the victims of a gun atrocity will have died in vain, just as the children at Newtown, because those like the GOP and NRA put their love of guns above their love of human life. That won't go down well with the many Jewish groups that have for years made reasonable, responsible gun control a domestic priority.
Donald Trump is planning to meet with the National Rifle Association about measures to keep people on the "no fly" list from purchasing guns. "I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns," the presumptive Republican nominee tweeted Wednesday morning.
A veteran congressman on trial in a racketeering case ran a "white-collar crime spree" that stretched from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., a prosecutor told jurors Monday. He didn't come out of nowhere.
Omar Mateen , the 29-year-old man responsible for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, was reportedly on the FBI 's radar as a known Islamic State sympathizer, though federal authorities remain unclear about the extent of his ties to the terrorist group. The Islamic State itself, also known as ISIS or ISIL, was not so reticent Sunday and claimed credit for Mateen 's shooting rampage at the gay nightclub Pulse, which ended with 50 people dead and another 53 wounded.