I think there's a reason that Mitch McConnell refused to bring a background checks vote before the Senate for the last five years. It's because he was afraid -- there would be 60 votes to pass it because there's a lot of Republican senators face With the choice of 90 percent of their constituents on one side supporting background checks and the declining power of the gun lobby on the other, they're going to choose their constituents.
Senator Murphy discussed the political dynamics around background checks and the influence of public opinion versus the gun lobby.
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