Republicans Cave In - Senators near a deal on background checks for private gun sales

[Black Blade]

Republicans Cave In - Senators near a deal on background checks for most private gun sales

February 24, 2013
Source: Washington Post

A bipartisan group of senators is on the verge of a deal that would expand background checks to all private firearms sales with limited exemptions, but significant disagreements remain on the issue of keeping records of private gun sales, according to aides familiar with the talks.

An agreement would be a bold first step toward consideration of legislation to limit gun violence in the wake of the mass shootings at a Connecticut elementary school in December and comes as the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected this week to begin considering new proposals to limit gun violence.

The talks, led by two Democrats and two Republicans, are expected to earn more GOP support in the coming days and likely enough to move the bill through the Senate, according to senior aides of both parties who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

“These negotiations are challenging, as you’d expect on an issue as complicated as guns,” the chief negotiator, Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), said in a statement Saturday. “But all of the senators involved are approaching this in good faith. We are all serious about wanting to get something done, and we are going to keep trying.”

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Black Blade: As I have been saying, the Republican Party is dead. They are as useless as balls on a priest and tits on a nun . They won't even stand up on their hind legs and fight when they have a winning position against gun control. I wash my hands of them.