Article snippet: MORE that has been decried as a “non-starter” by the National Rifle Association (NRA). Barr floated the proposal to GOP offices on Wednesday as the Senate inches toward doing something on gun control amid growing public pressure created by a seemingly endless string of mass shootings. But Barr was careful to tell Republicans that his memo on background checks, titled “Idea for New Unlicensed-Commercial-Sale Background Checks,” did not have the backing of MORE. “I’m up here just kicking around some ideas, getting perspectives so I can be in a better position to advise the president,” Barr told reporters. “But the president has made no decision yet.” GOP lawmakers, for their part, were decidedly noncommittal, with several saying they still wanted to hear what Trump would back. “It’s one thing to have a few ideas on paper,” said Sen. MORE (R-Mo.), who met with Barr and White House legislative affairs director Eric Ueland on Tuesday. “But in terms of actually being a concrete proposal where you can say, ‘How do you feel about this?’ I need to see a lot,” Hawley told reporters, summarizing his meeting with Barr. “My question was, where’s the president on this? Is this something — I asked that question directly — is this something the president supports?” Hawley said Ueland couldn’t say whether Trump backs the Department of Justice (DOJ) proposal. “That’s an important piece, because if the president doesn’t support it, there’s no point. It’s not going to become law,” ... Link to the full article to read more