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The existing legislation shields weapons makers and sellers from lawsuits.
The timing may be "bittersweet," but Murphy believes Obama's executive actions will significantly expand the effectiveness of background checks.
He calls it his "2015 year in review."
Remember that time nine people were killed in Charleston?
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The Connecticut senator wants action on gun control legislation.
Even one that would have stopped suspected terrorists from purchasing a gun.
"Silence in the face of this rash of mass shootings has become complicity."
Two bills to improve psychiatric care are moving through Congress.
The loophole was part of the reason that Dylann Roof was able to purchase a gun, says the FBI.
The first step is more funding.