Manchin and Toomey are pushing for stronger backing of their gun background check amendment that will cover purchases at gun shows, stores, and on the internet while exempting exchanges between friends and family. The bill is seen as a compromise in the ongoing debate over new gun regulations.
Manchin said that one of the biggest obstacles to the bill is just getting his colleagues to read it. He debunked one of the major myths about the bill, saying that the bill makes it illegal to create a national gun registry. If they would only look at the bill, he said, they’d find that it makes it illegal to register guns. “If any agency tries to to do registration, have a national registry it’
They are close to securing support for their gun control amendment that will expand background checks but they are still not where they want to be. We’re close, we’re working it,” Toomey said.
“We’ve got bipartisan support but we’ve got bipartisan opposition too,” he said.
Neither of them were confident in announcing supporters of their bill until they come out publicly for it.
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