Top negotiators on a bipartisan gun safety framework huddled for several hours on Wednesday evening to try to solve remaining differences on the package, but the group's effort to expedite passage of an agreement is stalled, at least for the moment.
Sen. John Cornyn speaks during a hearing on"Protecting America's Children From Gun Violence" with the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, June 15, 2022.Top negotiators on a bipartisan gun safety framework huddled behind closed doors for several hours Wednesday evening to try to solve remaining differences on the package, but the group's effort to expedite passage of an agreement is stalled, at least for the moment.
Senator Chris Murphy speaks to reporters after the weekly senate party caucus luncheons at the Capitol in Washington, June 14, 2022.MORE: Gun deal negotiators may finish draft of new law this week, ahead of speedy vote, Sen. John Cornyn says Some Republicans have long struggled with red flag programs out of concern that these provisions violate the due process rights of those accused of being a threat. During a closed-door Republican conference meeting on Tuesday, several Republican lawmakers outside of the negotiating group told ABC News they had concerns about provisions supporting red flag laws.
"We need to support every possible way to intervene in crisis before they produce violence. And red flag laws need investment of hundreds of millions of dollars for them as an incentive but also to implement them and at the same time we can have a variety of other crisis intervention mode that help save lives," Blumenthal said.
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