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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) took to Twitter on Wednesday to hint that his Republican colleagues are ready to cave on gun control.

The Texas church shooter, Devin Kelley, acquired his gun via a background check at a retail sporting goods store in San Antonio.

Senate Democrats called for the passage of gun control laws within hours of the November 5 church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

Prof. John A. Tures says homicide rates are not markedly different for states with gun control for private sales vs states without.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is “urging” his Democrat colleagues to avoid gun control as debate over the budget begins.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) says the federal “assault weapons” ban that lapsed in 2004 would have prevented the Las Vegas attack, had that ban still been in force today.

Various Democrats–and/or Democrat surrogates–have voiced support for nine different gun controls since Sunday.

Sen. Chris Murphy stressed that requiring a background check for every gun sale is the “North Star” for Democrats regarding gun control.

Democrats soften on gun control, and House Speaker Paul Ryan has seized the moment by dropping pro-gun legislation.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said he is for a ban on semi-automatic rifles. Co-host Willie Geist asked, “How could this have been prevented? Is there a law? Congressman Himes ultimately said yes, he’d be

After the heinous attack in Las Vegas, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Congress must “get off its ass” and restrict the Second Amendment.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that members of both parties fear that President Trump is compromised when it comes to Russia. Murphy said that he takes the White House at its word that

President Trump is taking a more populist approach to health care in the wake of congressional Republicans’ inability to repeal-and-replace Obamacare — putting both insurance companies and Congress on notice for being exempt from the unpopular law.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that all of the Republican healthcare bills would be humanitarian catastrophes for the United States. Murphy said, “There are three different versions of the bill that could possibly

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued that health insurance companies are pulling out of markets and raising rates because of the Trump administration. Murphy said, “[W]e’ve been very clear that we would love nothing more

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated the Senate’s healthcare bill is some respects more evil and dumber than the House proposal. Murphy said he had “started” to read the bill and it “looks

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued that focus on Russia has a been a “distraction” from economic contrasts between Democrats and President Trump and said that votes in his home state don’t talk about

During a discussion of the attack in Manchester on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Chris Murphy stated that “many of us are worried about some of the rhetoric of the Trump administration, because we worry that that combined

When declaring independence from King George III’s tyrannical rule, Thomas Jefferson wrote that men are born with God-given, “unalienable rights,” and the government’s duty is to protect those rights.

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) is siding with gun control proponent Gabby Giffords and other Democrat lawmakers in opposing national recognition of concealed carry for law-abiding citizens.

On May 3 gun control proponent Gabby Giffords joined Democrat lawmakers on Capitol Hill in pledging to fight efforts to nationalize concealed carry for law-abiding citizens.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) used a Huff Post op-ed on April 26 to suggest that gun-free zone shooting victims prove the need for Congress to pass more gun control.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated of concerns about Russian interference in the election, “Hillary Clinton shouldn’t have lost to Donald Trump, period, stop. This isn’t about trying to explain the results of this

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued, “The Affordable Care Act is working today…But every day the Republicans push their repeal plan, they undermine it.” And “health care shouldn’t be about politics. It shouldn’t be about blindly

During MSNBC’s coverage of President Trump’s speech before Congress, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued Trump “relished” saying “radical Islamic terrorism” ” just to stick it to Islam, to make sure that they knew that they were all a danger to

During a discussion with the Washington Post on Friday, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued that “if you ask people in Connecticut what Donald Trump stood for in this election, they can tell you pretty quickly. … If I asked them what Hillary Clinton

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said, “if you want to believe that Putin is literally pulling the strings of this administration, then this is exactly how it would play out.” And wondered, “is there

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Power and the Presidency” college forum, while discussing the Trump administration expecting career federal employees to not openly criticize the administration, Sen/ Chris Murphy (D-CT) said, “This is how you get on a slippery slope to autocracy.” Partial

During Thursday’s “Power and the Presidency” forum on MSNBC, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that “Nobody’s afraid” of President Donald Trump, and that “it seems as though we are setting up all of the preconditions to a conflict with Iran.”

During a January 30 appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) criticized President Trump’s immigration suspension and said he would rather see a move toward “no screening” and the passage of more gun control.

Canada’s strict gun control, including license requirements for gun ownership and complete bans on certain categories of firearms, proved impotent as a terrorist opened fire inside a Quebec mosque Sunday night.

On January 24 Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) tweeted that Chicago’s gun violence is the result of “lax gun laws” at the federal level.

Wednesday on MSNBC, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said if Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act without replacing it, they will own any problems, and warned Republicans “shouldn’t bet” on getting any Democratic votes to rebuild iy. Murphy said, “Republicans right now,

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) acknowledged that the United Nations was “not a fair forum” for Israel. According to the Connecticut Democrat, the United States objecting to settlements in disputed territories was not new, but given the

Democrats in the House and Senate are making clear their plans to “pivot” under Donald Trump, turning from their efforts to push gun control in order to focus on opposing pro-gun legislation instead.

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) declared fellow Connecticuter Linda McMahon, the WWE co-founder and one-time political opponent of Murphy, to be “unquestionably qualified” to run the Small Business Administration. Murphy pointed to McMahon’s ability to succeed as a