This is how I learn things.

Someone was testifying on the first of 30 gun bills being heard by my committee today.

I turned to my pro-gun seatmate and lamented, “This will be a very long afternoon, especially if none of these bills will be sent to the House floor.”

Both of us assumed that after last year’s contentious debate, the leadership did not want to resume that discussion on the floor of the House or Senate.

Then a witness said, “The Senate committee is considering an amendment to the identical bill.”

If true, it means that a gun bill could get a favorable report from my committee.

The Senate is not going to work on a bill if it’s dead on arrival in the House.