Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he was willing to consider expanding background checks for gun buyers.
Lucas Aulbach and Sarah LaddSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that he was willing to consider expanding background checks for gun buyers as a caravan of protesters led by U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan descended in Louisville to press him on gun control.
McConnell's statement showed he might be pivoting away from holding up gun control legislation that had passed the U.S. House, although he didn't mention two gun measures that passed that chamber in February. “The history of President Trump and Mitch McConnell is they try to slow walk this until it falls out of the news cycle,” said Ryan, who has suspended his presidential campaign in the wake of mass shootings that left 31 people dead in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend.McConnell has been under intense pressure to act since those shootings, and Ryan called on him Thursday to immediately call the Senate back from its August recess to act on the issue.
In his radio interview, McConnell said the Senate would take up the debate in September with background checks “front and center.” Another priority will be red flag laws, which would allow family members or law enforcement to limit a person's access to firearms if they are deemed a potential threat to the public.Ryan has criticized McConnell for inaction on House bills that passed with bipartisan support and would strengthen background checks in gun purchases.
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