“President Trump has so far failed to follow through on his vow to secure tougher gun laws in the wake of this summer’s mass shootings that killed dozens. The latest rationale from Republicans: The House’s impeachment inquiry makes it impossible,” the Washington Post reports.
Said Attorney General William Barr: “Unfortunately, our discussions on the legislative aspects of this have been sidetracked because of the impeachment process on the Hill, and so we are going forward with all the operational steps that we can take that do not require legislative action. Right now it does not appear that things in Washington are amenable to those kinds of negotiations and compromises.”
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