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Richard Luscombe in Miami

‘Significant’ consequences if lawmakers fail to act on gun control, Democrat warns

Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., a gun control advocate, waits to speak to activists demanding action on gun control legislation at the Capitol on 26 May.
Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, waits to speak to activists demanding action on gun control legislation at the Capitol on 26 May. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

The Democratic senator leading his party’s push for stronger gun laws said on Sunday he believed measures passed in Florida following the 2018 high school shooting in Parkland could attract Republican support and provide a workable template for action in Congress.

Chris Murphy of Connecticut, speaking on CNN’s State of the Union, said he was optimistic that recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, could finally prompt enough bipartisan support for legislation that has previously proven elusive.

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