Divided Senate blocks bills to curb guns

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

WASHINGTON -- A divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns Monday, eight days after the Orlando mass shooting intensified pressure on lawmakers to act but knotted them in gridlock anyway -- even over restricting firearms for terrorists.

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