Harry Reid: ‘We don’t have votes’ for gun control bill

Published September 17, 2013 12:00am ET



Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday vowed to move forward with legislation to expand background checks for gun buyers but said he doesn’t have enough support yet to hold a vote.

The Nevada Democrat said in light of the fatal shootings at the Washington Navy Yard Monday that killed 13, including the accused shooter, “we’re going to move this [legislation] up as quickly as we can.”

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