If the bipartisan committee assembled by McConnell

[kacekwl]

comes back with only background checks and red flag laws I sincerely hope the Democratic party members on or not on the committee do not accept it as better than nothing. This is the time to ban all assault weapons period. The sane world is with us, take advantage of that while we can.

[IcyPeas]

1. sounds like they discussed it for..... what? 2 minutes at least.

[dchill]

4. It doesn't take long to run the list of things...

Republicans are for.

[SYFROYH]

2. universal background checks and support for red flag laws would be a big win.

AWBs are probably a nonstarter.

[kacekwl]

3. For who ? Democrats

Come on.

[SYFROYH]

5. I'm not sure all Democrats would vote for an AWB.

And certainly not most Republicans.

I don't see it coming out of a bipartisan committee.

[babylonsister]

6. No one is safe when those assault weapons are so readily available. nt

[SoCalDavidS]

7. Who Says They'll Even Offer Background Checks And Red Flag Laws? nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. They'll offer background checks and red flag, but no funding

Or just fund it for a year, or underfund it so nobody gets rejected, everyone gets rubber stamped.

[Jacoby365]

9. I saw McConnell on TV a couple of hours ago.

He said he hopes they can come together to fix the problem, which is mental health and school safety. He didn't even mention anything about guns.

[doc03]

10. Nothing of any meaning will come out of the committee. It is just a

delaying tactic.

[kacekwl]

11. The question is not what Republicans put forth but what

the Democratic party will accept. It's been a week and already the responses are "no repukes will support it or start with background checks and red flag laws and go from there." I can only shake my head.