Federal Background Records Stall Senate Gun Control Deal
Reports of an imminent gun control deal were dismissed by a key Republican negotiator Sunday as U.S. senators struggle to find common ground between calls for tougher regulations following the Newtown school shooting and fearsome resistance from the gun lobby, The Guardian reports.
The Senate Judiciary Committee convenes Thursday to begin debating proposed legislation relating to the sale and manufacture of guns. Speculation points to a bipartisan bill that would extend FBI background checks to all gun sales as a means of weeding out criminal buyers or those with mental health problems, The Guardian writes.