Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Maryland Senator Ben Cardin, said he's aware of ongoing efforts and conversations but did not speak of the new strategy Schumer referred to
In the aftermath of the Orlando night club massacre, flawed polls claiming that about 90 percent of Americans want universal background checks for gun purchases have started making the rounds again as CBS last week and CNN this week have released such misleading findings. But over two years ago, a poll commissioned by the National Shooting Sports Foundation found that, when respondents were informed by the questioner that most gun show purchases already fall under the background check net, support for additional background check requirements plummeted.