Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that Democrats will not pursue a doomed test vote on gun control legislation, and instead said that Americans who want heavier gun control should vote for Democrats in November.
Following a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left at least 19 dead, Democrats are again demanding wide-reaching congressional action on gun control.
But Schumer, who has pushed through a series of doomed bills for issues ranging from election law to abortion to spending bills, says that he will not pursue a similar effort with a gun control bill.
“There are some who want this body to quickly vote on sensible gun safety legislation,” Schumer said in a statement….