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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.
SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of California gun enthusiasts hoping to legally carry concealed weapons for personal protection were dealt a setback when a federal appeals court upheld a state law requiring applicants to show a good reason beyond simple safety.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Americans don't have a ... (more)
During a seminar on "home defense concepts" at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Louisville, an instructor encouraged gun owners to store firearms in their children's bedrooms. Rob Pincus, who owns the popular firearm instruction company I.C.E. Training , paced across a conference room stage as he repeatedly warned against the threat of violent home invasions.
Nothing gets America fired up quite like a debate about the Second Amendment. It's a meritless squabble, yet opportunities abound for many a politician and special interest group to draw immense benefit.
Having overcome a multimillion-dollar "Never Trump" campaign aimed at blocking him from the Republican nomination, he's now benefiting from a wave of GOP donors, party leaders, voters and conservative groups that are uniting under a new banner: "Never Hillary." "Nothing unites Republicans better than a Clinton," says Scott Reed, a political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce who has advised previous GOP campaigns.
DONALD TRUMP appeared Friday before the National Rifle Association and promised to roll back gun restrictions if elected president. The next day, Hillary Clinton stood before a group of mothers who have lost children or other relatives to gun violence and vowed to fight for stricter gun control.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has struggled with her party's liberal base during the primary season, as Senator Bernie Sanders and his supporters insist she's too cozy with Wall Street, resent her 2002 vote to invade Iraq, and criticize the overlap between her family foundation's donors and some of the corporations doing business in Washington. But for conservatives, there are plenty of issues-including their own uncompromising stand to protect access to firearms-on which Clinton is viewed not just as an extension of incumbent President Barack Obama, but as even more liberal.
His new list of potential Supreme Court picks soothed conservatives' fears, and his embrace by the National Rifle Association guaranteed him the backing of the most committed activists on the right, as likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continued to build unity within the GOP . In both cases, the support is as much about antipathy toward Mr. Trump 's likely opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , as it is about liking the billionaire businessman.