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Trafficking crackdown may be Obama's best chance on gun control [View all]
By Thomas Ferraro | Reuters – 2 mins 45 secs ago
By Thomas Ferraro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Winning a crackdown on gun traffickers may be the best that President Barack Obama can get in his faltering efforts to have Congress pass gun control legislation.
Lawmakers are scaling back the White House's ambitions for sweeping gun control measures after a planned ban on assault weapons was effectively ruled out in the Senate this week.
Two Senators involved in the gun debate said on Wednesday that a bill to tackle trafficking looks like it is the gun control measure with the most chance of success.
"The most likely bill to pass" is a measure that would make it a federal crime to purchase guns for someone who is barred from owning one, said Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/trafficking-crackdown-may-obamas-best-chance-gun-control-230419194.html;_ylt=AwrNUbELQUpRRgwAqLLQtDMD
By Thomas Ferraro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Winning a crackdown on gun traffickers may be the best that President Barack Obama can get in his faltering efforts to have Congress pass gun control legislation.
Lawmakers are scaling back the White House's ambitions for sweeping gun control measures after a planned ban on assault weapons was effectively ruled out in the Senate this week.
Two Senators involved in the gun debate said on Wednesday that a bill to tackle trafficking looks like it is the gun control measure with the most chance of success.
"The most likely bill to pass" is a measure that would make it a federal crime to purchase guns for someone who is barred from owning one, said Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/trafficking-crackdown-may-obamas-best-chance-gun-control-230419194.html;_ylt=AwrNUbELQUpRRgwAqLLQtDMD
We have to take back the House in 2014 and then go for the nuclear option.
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