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Republicans were set to schedule a vote on two laws making it easier to purchase gun silencers and allow conceal-carry gun owners to carry their weapons from state-to-state. Politico reports they are abandoning one, if not both of those votes for the time being.
A controversial bill to loosen restrictions on purchasing gun silencers won't be reaching the House floor anytime soon following a horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas that left at least 58 dead and hundreds more wounded, according to GOP sources.
Another bill to allow concealed-carry permit holders to take their guns with them to another state could also be impacted by the tragedy, the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Sadly, this isn’t the first time this bill has been tabled because of senseless gun violence:
That bill, introduced by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), has been approved by the Natural Resources Committee and was expected to be on the House floor soon though it had not yet been scheduled for a vote. Consideration of the bill was postponed earlier this year after Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) was shot in June at a congressional baseball practice.
Will they try again? Of course. The NRA bought their votes and they expect a return on that investment.