First Gun Vote in a decade set for Today in the U.S. Senate

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that beginning Thursday, the Senate will hold votes on gun control — with or without a Republican filibuster. 

As a bipartisan compromise proved elusive, Reid scheduled a vote to end debate on Thursday. Even if he falls short of the 60 votes needed to end debate, he said he'll make Republicans filibuster the bill until he gets a vote. "It will take a little bit of time, but we're going to do it," he said. 

"We need to move to this legislation … and let the cards fall where they may," he told reporters following a closed-door Democratic meeting.

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It's not clear whether there are 60 votes to end debate, and Reid conceded he didn't know, either. Several Republican senators have indicated they will vote with Democrats to end the filibuster and allow an up-or-down vote on the gun bill.

Some of the issues being discussed were Criminal background checks, 'gun show loophole', mental health provision, size of Magazines and a ban on certain types of assault weapons.

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