Skepticism abounds that any measure significantly changing the nation's laws related to gun control will gain enough GOP support in the Senate to pass. But Trump's aides and congressional officials have begun early stage talks on some possible responses.
One such idea would expand background checks on gun sales, according to officials from both the White House and Congress, but GOP senators continue to signal to Trump that a major push for new gun laws could alienate the voters he'll need to win reelection.According to those officials in the discussions between White House officials and staffs for Sens.
And he's said he doesn't want to expand background checks to private transfers between family members, a key point of contention in the gun debate."There is nobody more pro-Second Amendment than Donald Trump, but I don't want guns in the hands of a lunatic or a maniac," Trump said Tuesday."And I think if we do proper background checks, we can prevent that."He's been encouraged by some aides, including daughter Ivanka, to press on background checks.
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