Republican Senator John Cornyn says new gun legislation is a LOSS for Biden
Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor For Dailymail.com - 13 June 2022
The key Senate Republican negotiator on a legislative response to the Uvalde school shooting says President Joe Biden got 'none' of his gun control priorities in the measure, as political Washington assesses a compromise that key Democrats are only calling a first 'step.'
'People are going to describe this the wrong way, but fundamentally this is about keeping our kids safe at school,' said Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn, who negotiated with a group of Senate Democrats on a deal that was finalized this weekend.
He also crowed about measures he and Republicans were able to keep out of the deal – in a likely reference to Biden's gun control measures.
'Look at all the things that President Biden said he wanted – none of that's in there,' he told Raw Story.
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'Look at all the things that President Biden said he wanted – none of that's in there,' said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)
'But we're going to focus on school safety and mental health, identifying these young men before they become dangerous, getting them treatment or certainly, they go to buy a firearm accessing the state juvenile records to meet with an enhanced review makes a lot of sense,' Cornyn said.
He was referencing a provision of the deal that provides for an 'enhanced review process' for gun purchasers under 21 and efforts to crack down on straw purchasers.
For those under 21, the package requires a review of juvenile and mental health records. The Buffalo and Uvalde shooters were both 18.
Among Biden's proposals that did not make it into the package are an assault weapons ban, lifting the age for purchase of semiautomatic weapons from 18 to 21, and expanded mandatory background check provisions.
A new Suffolk University / Dallas Morning News poll found that 86 percent of Dallas residents polled favored raising the age to 21 for semi-automatic gun purchases, with 68 per cent backing an assault weapons ban, and 59 per cent in favor of arming teachers and staff. The poll only looked at the heavily Democratic city.
Poster Comment:
These newspaper polls are really useless, especially when you consider how many Yankees are in Dallas these days.