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WASHINGTON (WTVD) --Another day, another deadlock in negotiations. President Donald Trump refusing to budge from his demand that Congress funds construction of a border wall with Mexico, and Democrats refusing to approve that investment.
The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history when the clock ticked past midnight into early Saturday.
National concealed-carry reciprocity and easier access to suppressors are two initiatives that have a new lease on life as the 116th Congress opened.
House Democrats announced on Tuesday night the first piece of gun-control legislation they planned to pursue now that they are back in power.
The ranks of gun owners with approved concealed carry permits has swollen to 17 million, and new legislation offered in the Senate Thursday would make it easier for them to carry their weapons across state lines.
Bolstered by a larger pro-gun caucus in the Senate, Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn is introducing his latest version of the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.