Sentences with phrase «new gun control legislation while»

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While several Senate GOP lawmakers have expressed a willingness to back new gun control legislation such as tighter background checks and a ban bump stocks, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said his conference's «primary focus» remains on strengthening school security.

Bloomberg's Independence USA PAC put $ 6 million in ads behind Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey for his leadership on gun control legislation after the Newtown shooting and punished New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte for voting against it with $ 8.5 million in ads backing her opponent, Gov. Maggie Hassan — while Bloomberg donated another $ 1 million to Planned Parenthood Votes to further boost Hassan.

But New York's senior senator says that while he supports some gun control, he doesn't want any legislation to go too far.