Rubio hasn’t made a decision on limiting gun magazine size
Parkland student Cameron Kasky questions Sen. Marco Rubio at the CNN town hall In the week after the nation’s deadliest high school shooting in Parkland, Sen. Marco Rubio said he was open to limiting the size of magazines, the spring-loaded devices that feed bullet cartridges into guns. Four months later, Rubio hasn’t decided whether he will back or offer any legislation to limit magazine size, or if he’s decided that current law is sufficient. "I’m trying not to just find an idea but an idea that can pass," Rubio said Wednesday. "We’ve talked to a lot of different people involved in the industry on both sides of the debate and we’re not prepared to offer any law right now because there’s a lot of debate and dispute about what the right number would be and whether it would even make a difference but it’s something we’ll continue to explore." Any potential bill to limit magazine size would need 60 votes in the U.S. Senate to pass. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat who has led gun control efforts in Congress since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in his state, said he’s "disappointed" that Rubio hasn’t taken more public positions against the majority of his party on guns over the past four months, though he credited him for introducing a bill that makes it easier for law enforcement to keep guns out of the hands of people who are suspected of being threats to themselves or others. "I certainly got […]
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