Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Ronald (Ron) Harold JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Trump previews SCOTUS nominee as 'totally brilliant' The Hill's 12:30 Report: Ginsburg lies in repose CHC leaders urge Senate to oppose Chad Wolf nomination MORE (Wis.) on Tuesday questioned a renewed push for gun control after two mass shootings earlier this month put a focus back on the nation's gun laws.

"All I can tell you is what I hear in Wisconsin. The debate really hasn't changed much at all," Johnson told CNN.

"People still ask the same questions. OK, if you propose some kind of gun legislation, first of all, how would that have prevented these tragedies in the past? How would they prevent them in the future?" he added.

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Pressure on lawmakers to pass gun legislation has increased following mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that left a combined 31 people dead over a single weekend this month.

In the wake of the shootings, Democrats have pushed Republicans in the Senate to take up a bill calling for universal background checks. That bill passed the Democratic-led House earlier this year and was backed by just eight Republicans.

Mandatory gun buyback programs have also been floated by some lawmakers who argue that a reduction in the number of available firearms is necessary to cut down on gun-related violence.

Johnson on Tuesday called mandatory buyback programs "compensated confiscation" and said that all of the options that have been proposed are "just a further infringement on Second Amendment rights."

"I realize the clamor. I realize the polling, but the polling I don't think accurately assesses people's knowledge of what we're talking about here," he told CNN.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' House to vote on resolution affirming peaceful transition of power Republican lawyers brush off Trump's election comments MORE (R-Ky.) has said that background checks and so-called red flag laws will be "front and center" in the chamber's debate on gun control when lawmakers return from their recess next month.

President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE has flirted with the possibility of taking action on gun control in the wake of the Ohio and Texas shootings.

Several national polls have shown support for background checks among Americans near or above 90 percent.

Sens. Joe Manchin Joseph (Joe) ManchinThe debate over the filibuster entirely misses the point Trump plans to pick Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg on court Day before Trump refused to commit to peaceful transition, Aaron Sorkin described how he would write election night MORE (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey Patrick (Pat) Joseph ToomeyAppeals court rules NSA's bulk phone data collection illegal Dunford withdraws from consideration to chair coronavirus oversight panel GOP senators push for quick, partial reopening of economy MORE (R-Pa.) have introduced a bill expanding background checks in the Senate.

"I don't see the dynamics of it having changed much," Johnson told CNN when asked about the Manchin-Toomey proposal.