NRA indicates they have no intention of caving on private sales and transfer ....

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... until they do:

A bipartisan coalition of senators is working on a proposal to strengthen and expand background checks for potential gun purchasers in an attempt to break the partisan gridlock holding up regulations on gun ownership.

Members of the group, which includes Republicans Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Mark Kirk of Illinois and Democrats Charles Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, have declined to discuss specifics of the talks or of a potential bill.

Sebastian claims that the NRA is firm on expanded background checks; but if that's the case, who are these gun rights groups that these senators are conspiring with?

This why the NRA is not a monolithically admired group ... if I heard reports that an A-rated senator was working with gun rights groups I'd be on the phone most riki-tik and find out which groupd it is, especially if it were my group.

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