WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement about Senator Susan Collins’ (R-Maine) bill to keep suspected terrorists from purchasing guns.
“The fact that Sen. Collins’ bill received a majority vote today shows the momentum in Congress is slowly shifting to reflect the will of the American people – a strong majority of whom support basic measures to combat our national epidemic of gun violence,” said Senator Coons. “I’m going to continue to fight for legislation that most Americans agree is common sense: preventing known or suspected terrorists from being able to buy military-grade weapons, and requiring comprehensive background checks for everyone seeking to obtain a firearm. Only in Congress are these ideas controversial. We have much more to do, but today’s vote represents a bipartisan first step in a long-overdue march towards ending the scourge of gun violence in America.”