GOP leader says NRA-backed gun bill shelved indefinitely
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House Republican leaders called for unity and prayer Tuesday after the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, but offered no new legislation to tighten gun laws and said a bill to ease regulations on gun silencers would be shelved indefinitely.
"We are all reeling from this horror in Las Vegas," Speaker Paul Ryan said at a news conference. "This is just awful."
Ryan said there's no plan for the House to act soon on a National Rifle Association-backed bill to ease regulations on gun silencers. A House panel had backed the bill last month and lawmakers were expected to move ahead on the measure.
The bill is "not scheduled right now. I don't know when it will be scheduled," Ryan said.
Instead, Ryan and other GOP leaders urged prayers to unify the country and said a positive way to respond to the shooting is to donate blood. Ryan said the actions of the gunman who killed at least 59 people and wounded hundreds more will not "define us as a country. It's not who we are."
Ryan's comments came as Democrats renewed calls for gun safety legislation.
