GOP Senator: The debate on gun control has not changed much

Republican Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonThe GOP Senators ask Barr to publish the full results of the Epstein investigation. The FBI Agents Association calls on Congress to make "national terrorism" a federal crime. (Wis.) Tuesday questioned a new push for gun control after two mass shots were fired earlier this month have put the spotlight on US laws on gunshots. fire arms.

"All I can tell you is what I heard in Wisconsin – the debate has not really changed much," Johnson told CNN.

"People keep asking the same questions, and if you propose firearms legislation, first of all, how could that have prevented these tragedies in the past? they in the future? " he added.

The pressure on lawmakers to enact firearms legislation has increased following massive shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, which resulted in 31 fatalities. total in one weekend.

After the shooting, Democrats pushed Republicans to the Senate to pass a bill calling for a universal background check. This bill was passed by the Democratic-led House earlier this year and was only supported by eight Republicans.

Legislators have also introduced mandatory firearms buy-back programs, claiming that a reduction in the number of firearms available is needed to reduce gun-related violence.

Johnson on Tuesday called the compulsory buy-back programs "forfeited confiscation" and said all the proposed options "merely constituted a further violation of the rights of the second amendment".

"I understand the rumors, I do the surveys, but these, in my opinion, do not accurately assess people's knowledge of what we are talking about here," he told CNN.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi and Schumer demand that guns be filtered while Trump is getting closer to the election of the malicious program: the return to paper ballots is the only way to prevent hacking. (R-Ky.) Said that background checks and so-called "red flag" laws will be at the center of House gun control debates when legislators return from their next month's visit.

President TrumpHarry Reid: "The decriminalization of border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list" Recessions happen when presidents neglect fundamental issues MORE flirted with the possibility of acting on gun control as a result of shootings in Ohio and Texas.

Several national surveys have shown their support for background checks for Americans close to or over 90%.

Meaning. Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinSummary Shows – Fears of Recession Dominate Manchin: Trump Has "Golden Opportunity" on Firearms Reform Trump Promises to "Always Keep Second Amendment" in Current Discussions on weapons laws (D-W.Va.) And Pat ToomeyPatrick (Pat) Joseph ToomeyNSA mistakenly collected US telephone records in October. New documents indicate that the night defense: the selection of the South Korean envoy splits Trump on the nuclear threat | McCain condemns Korean military exercises | White House defends Trump's salvation from North Korean general WH on Trump's remark on the respect of the lawfulness of firearms MORE (R-Pa.) Introduced a bill to expand the Senate background check.

"I do not see the dynamics of this situation having changed much," Johnson told CNN about the Manchin-Toomey proposal.