Ohio’s Republican U.S. senator and his Democratic challenger are at odds over gun control legislation that failed this week.
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Kardashian has not shied away from politics and has been vocal on the issue of gun control in the past.
A top Republican is rejecting a potential compromise on gun control negotiated by moderate Republican Sen.
Feinstein’s so-called “no fly, no buy” amendment would have blocked people on a terrorist watch list banned from flying while under investigation from buying a gun. Democrats attacked the Republicans’ two proposals as too weak and accused them of being in the thrall of the NRA. Republicans are expected to block two Democratic amendments, saying they threaten the rights of gun owners.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-New Hampshire, voted with fellow Republicans for Cornyn and Grassley’s measures, but against Murphy’s. “It’s very disappointing that we haven’t had Democrats and Republicans come together in common sense fashion to support something like this”.
Street protest against Gun Laws in USA.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican representing the state of Kentucky, was quoted by Reuters as saying that the measures put forward are ineffective.
As the parties remain largely locked in their positions, polls show Americans are increasingly in favor of more restrictions on guns in a country with more than 310 million weapons, about one for every citizen.
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has voiced her anger following the senate vote. It was followed by the names and ages of the dead in Orlando. But some senators see resistance to gun restrictions softening as national security looms larger in the debate.
Kim Kardashian on Tuesday slammed the Senate for failing to pass gun control measures following last week’s mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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“We have got to do everything we can to stop guns from falling into the hands of people who should not have them”.
