He says he's seen more Republicans 'coming to the table and talking this time' than at any other moment since the Sandy Hook shooting 10 years ago.
on a gun safety measure now, told moderator Margaret Brennan that he's seen more Republicans"coming to the table and talking this time" than at any time since the nation's worst school shooting at Sandy Hook a decade ago. At the time, Murphy was the congressman who represented Newtown, Connecticut, where Sandy Hook is located. Four months after that massacre, the Senate brought a compromise gun safety measure that would have expanded background checks, but it failed to pass.
"I think we can get something done, but we don't have a lot of time," the Connecticut senator said. Late last week, Murphy said that he and the bipartisan group of senators who have been working on the package would continue talking during the congressional break this week. As he sees it, the key is compromise.
Murphy said that the goal is to produce a compromise"in which we both tighten the nation's gun laws to make sure that only law abiding citizens get their hands on these very powerful weapons, invest in schools security and mental health." Compromise on what he called an"all-of-the-above strategy" is"ultimately the path to 60 votes," the number of votes needed to clear the Senate.
He conceded that there are some things that are not likely to get into the bill, for instance, a ban on high-capacity magazines.
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