political commentator rick santorum and scott ridgel from virginia. congressman, let me start with you. you think mitch mcconnell is not on the right side here in terms of not moving anything forward. >> mitch mcconnell is consistently opposed anything that makes sense. and i'm convinced he is the leading opponent to any type of rational legislation. the president himself has given himself a little bit of room with the red flag laws. and i think that that's going to make some sense. only 14 states have red flag laws. sadlymy state of virginia is not among them. i'm convinced that's common ground. even that common ground may not make it through mitch mcconnell's senate. what's the reason he just says no? is it personal belief? he doesn't think there should be anything. >> my own experience with the nra is this. i proposed in 2013 some very benign legislation with respect to gun traffickers and straw