Cornyn breaks with Trump: Raising age limit on gun buying wont save lives [View all]

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Source: The Hill

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the number two Republican in the Senate, criticized President Trump’s proposal to raise the minimum age for gun purchases, saying it wouldn’t “save lives.”

"I think what we want to focus on is things that will actually save lives," Cornyn said Friday, according to CNN. "That's why I think the focus should be on the Fix NICS bill, which is the only bipartisan piece of legislation that can be signed into law."

Cornyn said a bill increasing the age limit on gun purchases, which Trump endorsed earlier this week, would be “difficult to enforce.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/375402-cornyn-breaks-with-trump-raising-age-limit-on-gun-buying-wont-save-lives