Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he won’t be calling the Senate back to pass gun legislation despite mounting pressure in the wake of two more mass shootings.

McConnell, at home recovering from a shoulder fracture, told Kentucky station WHAS he wants to make a law, but bringing back the Senate now would be premature.

“We’d just have people scoring political points and nothing would happen,” McConnell said of cutting short August recess.

McConnell said time is needed to build bipartisan support for legislation that could make the 60-vote threshold. The August recess is needed to continue discussions on two pieces of potential legislation: expanded background checks and grants to states to promote red flag laws.

“There’s a lot of support for that,” McConnell said.