Democrats would “love nothing more” than to take away the right of every American to possess a gun, a Republican House lawmaker has said amid gun control bills passed by the Senate and the House this month.
The Senate’s legislation, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed on a 65–33 vote on June 23.
House Republican leaders said that they would vote against the bill, but it will most likely clear the House.
Earlier, the House passed a separate package of gun control legislation called the “Protecting Our Kids” Act on June 8. It has little chance of passing the Senate to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold….