{"id":1509373,"date":"2022-06-09T12:21:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T16:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509373"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:21:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T16:21:23","slug":"exclusive-top-gop-negotiator-shuts-down-talk-of-raising-the-age-to-buy-a-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-top-gop-negotiator-shuts-down-talk-of-raising-the-age-to-buy-a-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Top GOP negotiator shuts down talk of raising the age to buy a gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-top-gop-negotiator-shuts-down-talk-of-raising-the-age-to-buy-a-gun%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509373&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, one of the lead negotiators in the Senate\u2019s bipartisan talks to address mass shootings, has officially ruled out raising the age requirement to purchase guns, a source familiar with the talks told The Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Cornyn has ruled it out. It\u2019s off the table and not happening,\u201d the source told TheDCNF.<\/p>\n<p>The House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/06\/08\/uvalde-school-shooting-us-house-votes-to-raise-age-to-buy-an-assault-rifle-to-21.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed<\/a> a gun control bill on Wednesday that would raise the age from 18 to 21, but faces near-impossible odds with Cornyn\u2019s rebuke of the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn had <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/07\/joe-manchin-john-cornyn-guns-age-requirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously said<\/a> it was unlikely for Congress to take that step but acknowledged the idea was part of the negotiations. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/27\/ted-cruz-john-cornyn-gun-restrictions-uvalde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">encouraged<\/a> Cornyn to speak with Democratic colleagues like Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in an attempt to work out a compromise.<\/p>\n<p>The bipartisan talks, which have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/06\/us\/politics\/gun-control-cornyn-senate-republicans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> made members of Congress cautiously optimistic about a deal, were sparked by the mass shooting in Uvalde that killed 19 children and two teachers. Cornyn is the top Republican negotiation in the talks, alongside Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/uvalde-consolidated-independent-school-district-texas-elementary-active-shooter-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: At Least 19 Students, Two Teachers Dead After Shooting At Texas Elementary School)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7447320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7447320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) US Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), US Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), and US Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) stand behind US President Joe Biden during a signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2022. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the Senate floor Monday, Cornyn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/06\/06\/john-cornyn-texas-gun-bipartisan-uvalde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">listed<\/a> a number of reforms he stated would not be part of the talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be clear, though: we are not talking about restricting the rights of current law-abiding gun owners or citizens,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re not talking about banning a category of weapons across the board, a ban for certain high-capacity magazines, or changing the background check system by adding additional disqualifying items.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, also a part of the talks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/06\/politics\/manchin-gun-purchase-age-ar15s\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> CNN on Monday he supported raising the age to purchase guns from 18 to 21, arguing it would have prevented the Uvalde shooting. The shooter was an 18-year-old man.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/02\/joe-biden-gun-control-demands-call-on-congress-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called on Congress<\/a> to pass gun control reforms in the aftermath of the shooting, demanding a ban on \u201cassault weapons and high capacity magazines.\u201d He said the U.S. should raise the age limit if a ban was not something that could be agreed upon.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sen. 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