All four of the proposed Senate amendments to legislation that assumed greater control over the sale of firearms in the country, rejected.
None of the bills has not received the required 60 votes (the Senate 100 members), reports RIA “Novosti”.
The documents were introduced shortly after the tragedy in Orlando, where the 29-year-old American of Afghan origin Omar Matin shot in a gay club 49 people and wounded more than 50. The criminal was liquidated by the police. Later it became known that the attack on the club he called 911 and declared his support for the grouping “Islamic state”, however, evidence that the perpetrator acted on the direct orders of terrorists in the investigation yet.
The amendments proposed as Republicans and Democrats offered, in particular, increased funding for inspections of those wishing to buy weapons, the introduction of a 3-day FBI checks for buyers suspected of having links with terrorists, or who are not allowed to fly an aircraft, restrictions on selling via the Internet.
The administration of incumbent democratic President Barack Obama tried several times to tighten the country the rules of sale of weapons, but each time the Congress, which is controlled by Republicans, refused to adopt such laws, citing the constitutional right of US citizens to bear arms. The associated Press reminds that the latest measures to strengthen control over weapons buyers were adopted in 2007.
This year, the issue widely discussed in the framework of the election campaign for President of the United States, which will be held on 8 November.
Recall June 12 in the shooting at a gay club in American Orlando 49 people were killed and 53 were wounded. The attacker is a Florida resident of Afghan origin, born in the United States, Omar Matin – was liquidated by the police during the assault after a three-hour standoff.
The incident became the largest number of victims of such crimes in US history. As reported by the media, attacked the club Matin legally owned firearms.
At the time of the attack, he expressed support for “Islamic state” suicide bombers “dzhebhat an-Nusra”, as well as terrorists from Boston Tsarnaev brothers. As reported by an eyewitness, the terrorist called 911 and demanded that the U.S. stop bombing “his country”.
Meanwhile, last week the media, citing official documents reported that seeking weapons permit U.S. persons who were in the list on suspicion of having links with terrorists, in 2015 I got it in 91% of cases.
