Will Trump Take Action on Guns After Las Vegas Shooting?

Shooting in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 01: A cowboy hat lays in the street after shots were fired near a country music festival on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are reports of an active shooter around the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

Renewed calls for more stringent gun control legislation echoed throughout Washington on Monday, following Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas.

“It’s time for Congress to get off its ass and do something,” Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said Monday. Murphy has been one of the most vocal advocates for gun control in Congress since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut – the state that he represents.

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