Congress faces familiar backlash over gun control

Published August 9, 2019 3:00am ET



More than a week after two back-to-back mass shootings, conservative backlash against gun control legislation is building, which could keep Congress mired in partisan gridlock on the issue.

Top gun rights groups are pressuring President Trump to hold off on giving his support to two measures lawmakers have proposed in the wake of the shootings in Texas and Ohio that killed more than 31 people and injured dozens.

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