Gun vote follows senators home
The group founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband began airing radio ads accusing Ayotte of “ignoring the will of the people.”
The group founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband began airing radio ads accusing Ayotte of “ignoring the will of the people.”
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say that the Senate should have passed a bill that would have expanded background checks for gun sales, a poll shows.
The Democrat who worked to expand background checks in the Senate told a group of reporters Thursday that the National Rifle Association’s “scoring system” derailed the measure.
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords lambasted the 46 senators who voted against an ill-fated bipartisan proposal to expand background checks on firearms sales.
A Senate committee approved legislation on Tuesday that would expand background checks covering all U.S. firearms sales, part of a federal gun-control push prompted by December’s school massacre in Connecticut.
FBI gun background checks topped two million in February for the fourth straight month.
Are people with serious criminal histories being overlooked in the process?