The federal terrorism watch list included some 800,000 people as of September 2014, the most recent data available. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), locked in a closely watched reelection battle, told Ohio reporters that he is ready to back a federal ban on weapons sales to anyone on a terrorist watch list if a compromise can be reached. Here are five GOP lawmakers who have taken issue with the ways their party's presidential candidate has reacted to the massacre in Orlando. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is in talks with a leading gun-control group about banning terrorism suspects from purchasing firearms. [Top Republicans join Obama in condemning Trump’s words]That revelation sparked a quick but fruitless attempt to revamp gun laws last year.

Source: Washington Post June 15, 2016 17:39 UTC