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arts now," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged after 
Thursday's vote.He assured Democrats that a proposal to renew the assault 
weapons ban and a ban on high-capacity magazines would get a vote 
as an amendment, though it was dropped from the main bill amid 
intense opposition.The main bill also includes a measure to increase school 
safety funding.Reid lost two Democrats in Thursday's vote -- Sen. Mark Pryor, 
D-Ark., and Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, both lawmakers from states with 
a strong tradition of gun ownership.More than a dozen Republican senators 
for days had threatened to hold up the bill Thursday. They voiced 
concern that the proposal -- namely, the background checks provision -- 
would infringe on Second Amendment rights and impose a burden on law-abiding 
gun owners. They also expressed frustration that, while Manchin and Toomey 
touted their compromise measure, the bill on the table Thursday did not 
yet include that. Rather, it included a stricter background checks provision."Because 
the background-check measure is the centerpiece of this legislation it is 
critical that we know what is in the bill before we vote 
on it," Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Ted Cruz, R-Texas; and Mike Lee, 
R-Utah, said in a statement. "The American people expect more and deserve 
better."Thursday's vote follows an intense week of lobbying by gun control 
advocates, including the families of the victims of the December mass shooting 
at Sandy Hook Element
n met with relatives of the Newtown victims 
in his Senate office, telling them that "this will not be in 
vain." He became choked up when a reporter asked about the impact 
of the family members' visit, saying, "I'm a parent, a grandparent ... 
and I had to do something."Said Toomey: "Criminals and the dangerously mentally 
ill shouldn't have guns. I don't know anyone who disagrees with that 
premise." He said that expanding the checks wasn't gun control, "just common 
sense."The agreement makes it all but certain that the Senate will reject 
a conservative blockade and vote Thursday to begin debating Democrats' gun 
legislation. Besides broader background check requirements, the bill would 
also toughen laws against illicit firearms sales and provide a small increase 
in school security aid.Underscoring that the fight was far from over, NRA 
spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said the organization opposes the Manchin-Toomey 
accord. The group, which has fought most of Obama's gun proposals and 
claims nearly 5 million members, said the focus should be on improving 
the nation's mental health system and sources of violence like gangs."Expanding 
background checks at gun shows will not prevent the next shooting, will 
not solve violent crime and will not keep our kids safe in 
schools," the NRA said.On a day when first lady Michelle Obama was 
visiting a violence-plagued high school in Chicago, the Obamas' hometown, 
the NRA said, "President Obama should be as c


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