Immediately after the Colorado LGBTQ Nightclub Shooting that left 5 dead on November 19, President Joe Biden and the Democrats were quick to once again politicize the tragedy and call for an assault weapons ban.

Biden said he was “going to try to get rid of assault weapons” during the lame-duck session of Congress this year. The problem, however, is that such a proposal would need 10 Republican votes to break the legislative filibuster, assuming Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) can get all 50 Democrats to support the legislation.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), a leading advocate for gun control in the Senate, expressed doubt on Sunday, suggesting the proposal wouldn’t garner the 60 votes needed to bust the filibuster.

“Probably not,” Murphy told CNN “State of the Union” co-anchor, Dana Bash when asked if the proposal could garner 60 votes.

“But let’s see if we can try to get that number as close to 60 as possible,” Murphy continued. “If we don’t have the votes, then we’ll talk to Senator Schumer and maybe come back next year with maybe an additional senator and see if we can do better.”

Murphey also told CNN that states who refuse to implement “these gun laws” should be defunded. “I think we have to have a conversation about whether we can continue to fund law enforcement in states where they are refusing to implement these gun laws. I’ll talk to my colleagues about what our approach should be to this problem.”

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