Richard Blumenthal: Republicans will act on gun control if they risk losing elections

By Naomi Lim

Published February 15, 2018 1:19pm ET

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Richard Blumenthal: Republicans will act on gun control if they risk losing elections — "The advocates of gun violence prevention like myself and other groups and organizations around the country — and they are springing up and growing in number and power — need to make this issue front and center, a priority in these upcoming elections," Sen. Richard Blumenthal said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) | Andrew Harnik

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Thursday that Republican lawmakers might move on gun control legislation if they are threatened with an electoral shellacking in November.

“I think Republicans will act [on gun control] if they are faced with the prospect of mass losses in the these elections. And in answer to your question, what can be done? In a word: elections,” Blumenthal told CNN.

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