WASHINGTON — Advocates seeking new restrictions on the ability to buy guns were inherently skeptical of Mitch McConnell’s initial step to greenlight the bipartisan brainstorming of solutions.
As they tracked the GOP leader’s comments in Kentucky this week, their skepticism swiftly morphed into deeper distrust and doubt.
McConnell did not place guns at the center of his legislative updates to rotary clubs and business groups throughout the commonwealth. Rather, he notably appeared to narrow the conversation to “two broad categories that underscore the problem.”
