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Schumer Urges GOP to Buck NRA After Texas Shooting
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1:08Now PlayingSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer swiftly set in motion a pair of firearms background-checks bills Wednesday in response to the school massacre in Texas. But the Democrat acknowledged Congress' unyielding record in rejecting any bills that aim at gun-buyers as a way to curb the nation's epidemic of gun violence.
Schumer implored his Republican colleagues to cast aside the powerful gun lobby and reach across the aisle for even a modest compromise bill. But no votes are being scheduled.
"Please, please, please damnit - put yourselves in the shoes of these parents just for once," Schumer said as he opened the Senate.
He threw up his hands at the idea of what might seem an inevitable outcome: "If the slaughter of schoolchildren can't convinced Republicans to buck the NRA. What can we do?"
The killing of at least 19 children plus a teacher at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has laid bare the harsh political reality that the U.S. Congress has proven unwilling or unable to pass substantial federal legislation to curb gun violence in America.
Ever since Congress failed to approve a firearms background check bill after 20 kindergartners were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School almost a decade ago, it signaled the beginning of the end of gun violence legislation in Congress.
And despite the outpouring of grief Wednesday a after the starkly similar Texas massacre, it's not at all clear it will lead to any different outcome.
Democratic lawmakers have introduced countless proposals over the years that would require background checks for every firearm sales like the one the 18-year-old Uvalde gunman made days after his birthday. All of those proposals failed to pass, mostly due to the filibuster.
Regardless, Schumer pledged Wednesday to move forward with or without Republican lawmakers. "If we can't find a good, strong bill that has bipartisan support, we will continue to pursue this issue on our own," he said.
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