HUNTINGTON, West Virginia (CNN) —Sen. Joe Manchin said Friday he believes the failed background check proposal for gun purchases stands a better chance under President Donald Trump than it did under President Barack Obama.Manchin said he's spoken about the issue with Trump "in passing" but that they haven't had a deep conversation about it."Donald Trump's the only person that can do that right now," the West Virginia Democrat told CNN in an interview following a job fair hosted by his office.The New York Times Magazine reported that Trump called Manchin in December shortly after Manchin was on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," talking about the fourth anniversary of the Newtown Elementary School massacre. Manchin did not give details about the call but said he sensed "a complete opportunity" for new gun-safety legislation, according to the magazine.A few months after Newtown, Manchin teamed up with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania to propose legislation expanding background checks on gun sales, including private transactions.The compromise amendment failed to get enough votes to advance in the Senate.Manchin, a gun owner, made news at the time for sponsoring the amendment, given his state's strong Second Amendment culture. The National Rifle Association quickly attacked Manchin with TV ads, and it's an issue that could come up in his re-election bid next year.Asked Friday if he thinks the background check proposal will reemerge under a new president, Manchin said he thinks Trump can apply some "gun sense" to the measure. "I truly believe he can make a difference."He argued that many of his constituents said four years ago they were fine with the substance of the amendment but feared it would lead to a slippery slope for Obama to implement more gun control.But people have different perceptions of Trump, he added."There's no one who believes he's going to take their guns away," Manchin said.Manchin said Trump could do this by saying he wants to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists and criminals. "He would be the person that could help us with that," he said."There's a reason that certain people shouldn't be able to have access to guns. Every law-abiding gun owner understands that," he said. "They read our bill and saw we had a good piece of legislation, but no one had the fortitude to do it. And he could do it."Asked if he thinks the legislation could come back in the next couple of years, Manchin said, "we'll see.""He could if he wants to," he said.So far as President, Trump has signed one gun-related law, which repealed an Obama-era regulation aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of some severely mentally ill people.



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Unfortunately, he's right.  If Trump thinks it's a good idea, he probably could get it to happen.

We just have to let him know it's a terrible idea.

Fuck that commie motherfucker.

So Manchild is having delusions and masturbatoty fantasies

Trump wants to get re-elected.

passing backround check expansion is the way to become a one term president

He got it right

Manchin can climb a wall of dicks without using his hands.

Come on West Virginia.

LOL

Fixed!

Fake news

Liberal control is more effective than gun control.

CNN is literally fake news. They just pull leftist crap out of their asses.

The only way DT would do that is to kill FBATF and repeal GCA.

If if if

Rock solid statement

Lol, did they see who he just had over for supper?

God damn it Manchin .... he was a good governor. He will get fucked if he goes down this road. Sounds like he should move back down here and remember where he's from.

This. It would be re-election suicide.

See above.

Fake news.

omg lol, i spit yogurt on my keyboard

I always said that President Romney would have lead the charge to pass reasonable gun control after Sandy Hook.  The only thing that prevented major gun control during the Obama administration was Obama's utter douchebaggery.  I don't think Trump will hose us on that, but he can be a little squirrely.  We'd better stay on him in the event of another tragedy.

We've already got to pass a background check when buying a firearm.


Fuck that guy.

I think Manchin should fuck himself with a pineapple.  How about that.

The "Dump Rahall" campaign worked. It's damn sure "Time for Joe To Go".

Pop quiz:

Who had passed longer lasting anti gun legalization?

Reagan or Obama

WTF is wrong with that Manchin guy? He needs to shut the fuck up and take a look at the electoral map for 2016...... it was all red motherfucker!

Holy shit.  That's some Rembrandt shit right there.

Fuck joe manchin.

What a worthless fuck.

"Wrong"

Lol.  Youre funny

And, hopefully, once he reaches the top dick, it gives way and he plummets to his death with said dick still in his mouth.
May the gods smile upon us and orient him so as to land face first. It would be quite appropriate, that a dick be the last thing to go through his mind.

sounds to me like wishful thinking...

I just heard the Nuge on the radio talking about that pic earlier today. 

Amendment 1: Add in HPA language
Amendment 2: Add in CHL Reciprocity language
Amendment 3: Add in National pre-emption clause
Amendment 4: Possibly add in MG ban repeal
Amendment 5: (kicker) Add in not only language for the ability of individual opt out but provisions for an individual to be able to use NICS

'back round checks' but not

You all fail to think strategically.

No worries, that commie fucker is going down, hence his sucking up to Trump.

No, he was a piece of shit then, he is a piece of shit now. He has dreams of being the " moderate " VP for some commie in 2020.

Fuck Traitor Joe. 

No I think he did a good job as gov. Name one that's done better in the last 30 years.

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Ha!

It's not like he had a lot of competition.

Haha!