Senators exude confidence that a package of gun control measures can make progress, amid another series of deadly shootings at the weekend
The experience of Murphy, a Democrat, stems from the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting which, like last month’s massacre in Uvalde, Texas, left dead scores of children in class. Republican Cornyn’s experience came in 2017 during a shooting at a Sutherland Springs, Texas church that killed 26 people, and again with the killings in Uvalde.“Both of us have gone through things and seen things that are pretty, pretty horrific,” said Mr. Murphy in an interview, pointing to the shootings in their states.
The two men, coming from parties with sharply different positions on the gun debate, are working to overcome decades of distrust and inaction on guns in a deeply polarized Congress, aiming to pull together an agreement as soon as this week. Many Democrats, worn down after repeated failures to advance new laws, have said they are willing to settle for even a small bipartisan deal.
Murphy and Cornyn worked together on legislation enacted in 2017 that improved background checks, though a compromise on tougher gun control measures has eluded Congress for years despite successive mass shootings. A reminder of how perilous the issue can be came on Friday, when Republican New York congressman Chris Jacobs called off his reelection bid after he drew a fierce backlash for voicing support for gun control legislation.
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