• Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference on possible gun control legislation in Washington on Thursday. Schumer said Republicans won't support universal background checks for gun purchases because they are too fearful of the National Riffle Association (NRA), even though 90 percent of Americans are in favor of the checks. | BLOOMBERG
    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference on possible gun control legislation in Washington on Thursday. Schumer said Republicans won't support universal background checks for gun purchases because they are too fearful of the National Riffle Association (NRA), even though 90 percent of Americans are in favor of the checks. | BLOOMBERG

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WASHINGTON – Republican senators in the U.S. Congress signaled on Thursday that they were hesitant to embrace a call from President Donald Trump for sweeping changes to gun laws, including measures more typically backed by Democrats.

Trump shocked fellow Republicans on Wednesday when he threw his support behind a broad set of restrictions on gun sales in response to the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people.

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