Senate fails to pass four different gun-control laws

We’re not shocked, only disappointed. 

On Monday, The Senate failed to pass any one of four new gun-control bills. This comes just one week after the massacre in an Orlando gay club that left 49 people dead, making it the largest mass shooting in American history.

The measures, added to the annual spending bill that funds federal law-enforcement agencies, were aimed at expanding background checks and putting limits on buyers on no-fly lists.

“This body was going to ignore what happened in Orlando last week,” said Senator Chris Murphy, who launched a 14-hour filibuster last week to force the issue to the Senate floor.

Murphy, the Connecticut democrat, who was elected to the Senate just a month before the Sandy Hook shooting, is one of Congress’ most vocal anti-gun-violence crusaders. But with the most recent tragedy pushing him over the edge, Murphy stood for 15 hours filibustering the Senate on gun control just three days after the shooting at Pulse nightclub.

His filibuster ended with a promise from Senate Republicans that they would allow a series of gun-safety measures — two of them sponsored by Democrats, and two by Republicans — to reach the floor.

The democrats proposed a bill sponsored by Sen. Diane Feinstein, would block anyone on the terrorist watch list or any other federal terrorism databases from purchasing guns or explosives, and one written by Murphy that would expand background checks to include guns purchased online or at gun shows. Republicans, introduced a competing bill, endorsed by the NRA, to put a 72-hour hold on all gun purchases by those on the terrorist watch list, and will also introduce a measure that rejects universal background checks and instead will focus on mental health.

All four failed.

Since January 1, there have been 145 mass shootings in the U.S.,but Murphy admitted getting anything approved by Republicans was a long shot.

“We are at least going to get to see where people stand,” he added.

The NRA applauded the failures …

“Today, the American people witnessed an embarrassing display in the United States Senate,” declared the NRA in a statement. “President Obama and his allies proved they are more interested in playing politics than addressing their failure to keep Americans safe from the threat of radical Islamic terrorism.”