Gun legislation’s prospects improve

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Source: Washington Post

Prospects for a bipartisan deal to expand federal background checks for gun purchases are improving with the emergence of fresh Republican support, according to top Senate aides.

The possibility that after weeks of stalled negotiations, senators might be on the cusp of a breakthrough comes as President Obama and his top surrogates will begin on Monday their most aggressive push yet to rally Americans around his sweeping gun-control agenda.

Even though polls show that a universal background check system is supported by nine in 10 Americans, so far the president has failed to translate popular support for the measures into legislative momentum on Capitol Hill.

But in a move that could bring along other Republicans as well as Democrats from conservative states who have not yet backed Obama’s agenda, Sen. Joe Manchin III (W.Va.), a key Democratic broker, has spent the past few days crafting the framework of a possible deal with Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.).

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[JDPriestly]

1. In my view, they will pass it and save lives or fail to pass it

and cause a lot of deaths.

They are supposed to be grown-ups. They are supposed to care. It's their call. We have said and done what we can say and do.

[donnasgirl]

3. Your answer

Is why I become angry here at times, it is not their call it is our call they work for us not the other way around.

[Duckhunter935]

2. I suspect they will pass

some kind of background check. Devil is in the details. It really does not bother me but I think it will not make any difference.

[bossy22]

4. The devil is definitely in the details

The problem with the original draft was that you had to be a lawyer to understand it. It would have led to many unintentional felonies. I'm curious to see if they will clear it up