{"id":1753466,"date":"2022-11-28T06:08:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T11:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1753466"},"modified":"2022-11-28T09:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T14:49:56","slug":"dem-sen-murphy-suggests-withholding-federal-funds-for-police-from-states-that-dont-enforce-all-gun-control-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-sen-murphy-suggests-withholding-federal-funds-for-police-from-states-that-dont-enforce-all-gun-control-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Sen. Murphy Suggests Withholding Federal Funds for Police From States That Don&#8217;t Enforce All Gun Control Laws"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fdem-sen-murphy-suggests-withholding-federal-funds-for-police-from-states-that-dont-enforce-all-gun-control-laws%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=1753466&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--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Chris Murphy on Sunday suggested withholding federal funds from law enforcement agencies that refuse to enforce state and national gun laws in the wake of mass shootings in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/21\/alleged-colorado-gunman-anderson-lee-aldrich-evaded-red-flag-law\/\">Colorado <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/23\/police-identify-six-virginia-walmart-employees-slain-in-mass-shooting\/\">Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy (D-Conn.), an outspoken advocate for gun control laws and an assault weapons ban, said the Senate needs to have a conversation about funding law enforcement outfits that balk at implementing gun laws in \u201cSecond Amendment sanctuaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have decided that they are going to essentially refuse to implement laws that are on the books. That is a growing problem in this country,\u201d Murphy said on CNN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1596872841328300032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cState of the Union.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think we\u2019re \u200bgoing\u00a0to\u00a0have to have a conversation about that in the United States Senate. Do we want to continue to supply funding to law enforcement in counties that refuse to implement state and federal gun laws?\u201d\u200b he said. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>El Paso County, Co., where a man armed with an assault-style weapon killed five people at a Colorado Springs <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/23\/alleged-colorado-shooter-anderson-lee-aldrich-appears-dazed-in-court\/\">LGBTQ nightclub <\/a>on Nov. 19, is a so-called Second Amendment sanctuary, and authorities declined to pursue a \u201cred flag\u201d order against the accused shooter following an earlier incident involving his mother.<\/p>\n<p>Chesapeake, Va., the scene of \u200bthe Nov. 22 mass shooting at a<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/23\/andre-bing-identified-as-chesapeake-walmart-shooter\/\"> Walmart<\/a> in which six employees were gunned down by a manager of the big box store, is also a Second Amendment sanctuary.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-01.jpg\" alt=\"A police car sits outside the Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., a day after a gunman killed six store employees.\" class=\"wp-image-24803508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A police car sits outside the Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., a day after a gunman killed six store employees. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-99.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-99.jpg\" alt=\"A man practices shooting at a gun range in Houston, Texas, on Oct. 16, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24803509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-99.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-99.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-99.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A man practices shooting at a gun range in Houston, Texas, on Oct. 16, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/24\/biden-vows-to-push-ban-on-semiautomatic-guns\/\">\u200bPresident Biden<\/a> last week told reporters that he would seek a ban on assault weapons before the new Congress convenes after the first of the year, saying he was \u201csick and tired of these shootings.\u201d\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/chris-murphy-221127-93.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chris-murphy-221127-93.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) suggested cutting off federal aid for police agencies that do not enforce federal and state gun laws.\" class=\"wp-image-24803506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/chris-murphy-221127-93.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/chris-murphy-221127-93.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/chris-murphy-221127-93.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) suggested cutting off federal aid for police agencies that do not enforce federal and state gun laws. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick. It\u2019s just sick. It has no, no social redeeming value.\u00a0Zero.\u00a0None.\u00a0Not a single, solitary rationale for it except profit for the gun manufacturers,\u201d Biden \u200bsaid as he visited first-responders at the Nantucket Fire Department on Thanksgiving Day in Massachusetts.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>But Murphy said he doesn\u2019t think there are 60 votes in the Senate to pass a ban on assault weapons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad that President Biden is gonna be pushing us to take a vote on an assault weapons ban,\u201d he said on\u00a0CNN. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-00.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers at a memorial at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Co., in the wake of a mass shooting that killed five people on Nov. 19.\" class=\"wp-image-24803507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-00.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-00.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/gun-laws-crimes-221127-00.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Flowers at a memorial outside an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Co., in the wake of a mass shooting that killed five people on Nov. 19.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe House has already passed it. It\u2019s sitting in front of the Senate. Does it have 60 votes in the Senate right now? Probably not. But let\u2019s see if we can try to get that number as close to 60 as possible. If we don\u2019t have the votes, then we\u2019ll talk to [Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer and maybe come back next year, with maybe an additional senator, and see if we can do better,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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