Reid Blasts GOA and the Gun Lobby for Killing Gun Control

Days after a shooting at an Oregon community college left 10 dead including the gunman, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., made a new push for tougher gun control legislation.

Speaking on the Senate floor, Reid urged his colleagues Monday to pass legislation to require mandatory background checks on gun purchases.

“I’ve started to reach out to senators and talking about what can be done to advance the cause of background checks,” Reid said, renewing a push for more stringent gun laws that followed the 2012 Newtown school shooting that left 20 first-graders dead, along with 6 educators. The effort eventually stalled and fell by the wayside….

Reid blamed a lack of action on Republicans, whom he said “wage a right-wing ideological crusade fashioned by the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America.” …

Washington Examiner