NRA-Backed Republican: Senate Won’t ‘Produce Any Legislation’ Expanding Background Checks For Gun Purchases

NRA-Backed Republican: Senate Won’t ‘Produce Any Legislation’ Expanding Background Checks For Gun Purchases: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) — a top recipient of campaign donations from the National Rifle Association — poured cold water over ongoing bipartisan negotiations in the Senate to expand background checks for all gun purchases, insisting that lawmakers are unlikely to act on the proposal. The senators involved in crafting the compromise — Tom Coburn [...]/p