'We're going to work throughout the weekend, and all through next week to see if we can find some common ground,' said Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy.
A bipartisan group of senators met during lunch Thursday to talk about a path forward on gun safety legislation, according to two sources, two days after a gunmanDemocratic Sens. Chris Murphy, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Martin Heinrich and Richard Blumenthal attended the lunch with Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Pat Toomey, Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, who joined by phone.
"Our emphasis should be keeping guns away from those who pose a threat to themselves and others," said Collins. Blumenthal, who was Connecticut's junior senator during the Sandy Hook shooting, described what's under discussion as a system that would both incentivize states that adopt new red-flag-type laws and also"reward states and enable them to implement existing laws." The incentives would be awarded"based on the best of the state laws in terms of protecting constitutional rights, but also public safety.
He told reporters the bipartisan group believes it can make progress on reforming background checks and red flag laws and providing more support for school security. On Thursday morning, Texas Sen. John Cornyn met with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who encouraged him to engage in the bipartisan discussions being coordinated by Murphy and Sinema. Just before he walked into McConnell's office, Cornyn told reporters,"I'm not taking anything off the table except for denying people their constitutional rights who are law abiding citizens.
Blumenthal told CBS News talks with Republicans"went really well" Wednesday night. He, too, said he would continue to talk to colleagues over the next ten days, mostly by phone or Zoom.
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