Apparently the GOP desperation is really starting to set in:

19 GOP lawmakers urge Ryan to allow vote on stricter gun background checks https://t.co/cgsOFE4hQv via @ElizabethC718 pic.twitter.com/ZZodm1AlDz

— POLITICO (@politico) February 24, 2018

You can see the thinking here: Throw a bone to the gun control crowd and the issue goes away. Don’t make a significant step to addressing the issue, just put another band-aid on there and hope that mollifies people long enough to put November past them.