Sen. Joe Manchin
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“What did the House approve? Not at all,” said Manchin, when asked if he supports the legislation.
The House passed two bills this month: one to extend the window for completing a background check before an arms sale and a second that would extend the background check to all sales and transfers. However, the second bill provides for exemptions, including transfers between family members, in response to an immediate threat or temporary transfer to hunting.
Manchin, however, suggested that he wanted an account that would provide a larger split for private sales between individuals who knew each other.
“I come from a gun culture. I am a law-abiding gun owner,” said Manchin, adding that he supports “basically saying that business transactions should be checked against history. You don’t know a person.”
“If I know a person, no,” said Manchin.
Manchin and Sen. Pat Toomey
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Collins reiterated on Tuesday that she still supports the proposal.
If gun legislation can pass, Congress is back in the spotlight after a shootout at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, left 10 people dead, including a police officer, and less than a week after eight people were killed in three Atlanta- area shootings.
Senate majority leader Charles Schumer
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Toomey said he did not think “the House passed anything that could pass the Senate”.
Collins, meanwhile, said that although she had not seen the House bill, it was her understanding that it was “very, very broad”.
Manchin’s opposition also raises questions about whether the legislation would be able to pass even if Senate Democrats banned legislative obstruction, an action they also lack the support to do.
“House bills are going to come in anyway,” said Manchin of the way forward. “We will try to do the responsible and reasonable thing.”