what do you think the resolution on this could be? you have public opinion pressing one way, the president thinking he'd like to do something, and yet the members of congress saying we've got to know exactly what the president will sign before we move forward? >> this is the problem with congress, right? which is one of the reasons it's a paralyzed institution is because when it comes to the separation of powers, they are a bit timid when it comes to who should lead. it's always the executive branch. even as republicans and conservatives, we all know there are some very basic steps that could be taken legislatively. one of them is to have real background checks. you can't really have a background check if it's spotty or if certain information isn't available or certain states don't keep up to date on the data. i think that's our problem with book ground checks. if you said, matt, i want to do a background check but i'm going to carve out the 1990s, i'd