Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Said Tuesday that he supports a bipartisan framework for gun security and is likely to vote on legislation that reflects it.
“I feel comfortable with the framework, and if the legislation ultimately reflects the framework, I will be supported,” McConnell told reporters after a week-long lunch at the GOP Senate conference.
McConnell is the 11th Republican to signal support for the bipartisan framework, meaning legislation based on its principles is likely to have enough votes to overcome the filibuster.
Every Democrat is expected to vote for the law.
The bipartisan framework agreed upon by Sen. John Cornin (R-Texas) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) Will provide funding for law enforcement states to keep guns out of the hands of people considered dangerous to themselves. and for others.
The proposal will also provide billions of dollars for community mental health centers, as well as money to improve school security.
One of its most controversial provisions would be to close the so-called “boyfriend’s door” to give up firearms to current and former dating partners who are subject to restrictive domestic violence orders.
The framework will also clarify the definition of a firearms dealer, requiring people who sell a large number of weapons to conduct background checks and tackle the illegal trafficking of weapons by straw buyers.
The framework calls for the national criminal investigation system to provide access to juvenile delinquency registers to gun buyers between the ages of 18 and 21, but does not raise the age for buying AR-15 rifles, as many Democrats want. .
“If this framework becomes real legislation, it is a step forward,” McConnell said on Tuesday.
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McConnell said passing a bill in response to the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uwalde, Texas, would further demonstrate to the American people, “that we can unite, which we did from time to time on things like infrastructure and postal reform.” , to make progress for the country. “
The Republican leader told reporters that Cornin presented a survey of gun owners at a Republican lunch Tuesday, showing that “support for the framework’s provisions is out of the charts” and “striking.”
McConnell said the bipartisan negotiating team had “done everything possible to gain full support” and called the proposal to step up background checks for arms buyers between the ages of 18 and 21 a “step in the right direction”.
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