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Chris Murphy has declared a form of victory in his effort to enact gun-control legislation.<\/p>\n

The junior U.S. senator from Connecticut, though, likely won’t be able to win the proverbial “war” against his colleagues who oppose him.<\/p>\n

He spoke for 15 hours on the floor of the Senate, ending his filibuster at 2 a.m. As he yielded the floor to Republicans, he said he received assurance that the Senate will vote on whether to approve expanded background checks and to ban gun sales to suspected terrorists.<\/p>\n

I will concede that the background check idea is a bit problematical for the Democratic senator. Opponents of expanding those checks contend that those who buy guns already are subjected to them.<\/p>\n

It’s the other one, the terrorist element, that puzzles me.<\/p>\n

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Congressional Republicans so far have opposed the ban on gun sales to\u00a0individuals on federal no-fly lists. That’s right. Someone who isn’t allowed to board a commercial airliner because of suspected terrorist affiliation can purchase a gun. Wow, man.<\/p>\n

Murphy was moved, obviously, by the slaughter in Orlando, Fla., this past weekend — and by the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School four years ago in his home state of Connecticut.<\/p>\n

I own two weapons. I understand what the Second Amendment says — I think<\/em>. I hesitate only because, in my view, the Founders wrote it badly.<\/p>\n

Sen. Murphy’s filibuster is supposed to lead now to a Senate vote on these two critical issues: background checks and no-fly list bans.<\/p>\n

He isn’t likely to win the day on these votes, given that the Senate is controlled by Republicans who, in turn,\u00a0appear to be controlled by the gun lobby.<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama acknowledged the other day that these measures won’t stop all future acts of gun violence. They might prevent some of them. Isn’t there some value in that?<\/p>\n

Let’s put all\u00a0senators on the record. Do you favor these measures that, in my view, retain the Second Amendment right to gun ownership, or do you oppose them?<\/p>\n\n

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