So sad! The senate voted against background checks being needed to buy guns. So terrorists on fbi's wanted lists can legally still buy guns
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) June 21, 2016
In the wake of the Orlando shootings, there has been a renewed push by lawmakers to show their constituents that they are actually working on strengthening gun control measures – now if only anyone could agree on anything.
On the same day that the Supreme Court turned away two separate appeals challenging assault weapon bans in New York and Connecticut, the Senate rejected four total proposals centered around gun control. As The Hill reports, the Senate couldn’t agree on two proposals to block suspected terrorists from being able to buy a gun, nor could the Senate agree on two gun background background check proposals. All of the proposals would have been an amendment to the commerce, justice and science appropriations bill.
Background Check Proposals
The background check proposals, one from Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and one from Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Chris Murphy (D-CT), were both rejected largely along party lines.
Grassley’s proposal would reauthorize funding for the National Criminal Instant Background Check System (NICS) and incentivize states to share mental health records with the federal system. The proposal would also crack down on preventing government agencies from selling guns to criminals as part of undercover sting operations such as Operation Fast and Furious, unless DOJ officials sign off that “sufficient safeguards” are in place.
This post was published at Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden – Jun 21, 2016.
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