Weeks after the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, the U.S. Senate has advanced what could be the first major federal legislation on gun safety since 1994. John Cornyn, Texas’ senior senator, was the Republicans’ lead negotiator on the bill.
, said he felt confident that senators would see the deal as a reasonable compromise. If it holds up, that would itself be an extraordinary achievement after years in which mass shootings have devastated American communities with numbing reality.
The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, quickly endorsed the text of the legislation, while the National Rifle Association immediately opposed it. While gun rights remain a powerful element of Republican politics, theThe Senate vote capped a momentous day as Texas grapples with the aftermath of the May 24 tragedy, the deadliest school shooting in its history.
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