May 25, 2022

NY Times: Senators, do you support increased background checks?

      The New York Times reached out on Wednesday to all 50 Republicans in the Senate to see whether they would support a pair of House-passed measures to strengthen background checks for gun buyers. Within hours of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Senate Democrats moved quickly to clear the way for possible votes on the two bills.

Richard C. ShelbyAla.
N.R.A. RATING: A+
“I’m a Second Amendment person, period.”
Tommy TubervilleAla.
N.R.A. RATING: A
“I’m willing to say that I’m very sorry it happened. But guns are not the problem, OK? People are the problem. That’s where it starts — and we’ve had guns forever. And we’re going to continue to have guns.”
 
Full NY Times Story is HERE.

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