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Graham, Ayotte, Other GOP Senators Ready To Support Gun Control

On June 29, The New York Times observed that the Republican opposition to gun control is beginning to crack ever so slightly. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and others are ready to support gun control proposals if those proposals are framed in the language of terrorism.

US Senator Lindsey Graham listens while Senator Kelly Ayotte speaks during a press confere

Toomey: ‘No Epidemic of Police Criminality’ in America

Tuesday on the Senate floor, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) addressed the charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. He said, “There is no epidemic of police criminality in this country.” “It’s true that there are

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Gun Control Groups Lobby Sens. Toomey and McCain Against CCW Reciprocity

With the NRA, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), and even Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) supporting Senator John Cornyn’s (R-TX) push for national reciprocity of concealed carry weapons (CCW) permits, gun control groups are taking the only avenue they have left: lobbying Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and John McCain (R-AZ) to break from the Republican Party and vote against national reciprocity.

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