minutes after today s compromise on background checks was announced the national rifle association put out a statement complaining that they don t always work. we re talking about background checks in part it says this. the sad truth is that no background check would have prevented the tragedies in new tu town, aurora or tucson. there are some other gun control proposals that might have had more of an impact on the recent mass shootings like tracking ining ammunition sales. it doesn t look like the new background check proposals would have helped a lot. mass shootings like in newtown, connecticut have horrified the nation and spurred unprecedented
hadiya pendleton was in washington for president obama s inauguration. she was gunned down in a park just a few blocks from her school. the apparent innocent victim of a gang war. president obama made gun control a top priority for his second term. he s pushing lawmakers to pass legislation that will limit the number of rounds in a magazine clip, renew a ban on so-called assault weapons, and require universal background checks for gun purchases. the nra says it is no longer on board with that because it just won t work. you are never going to get criminals to go through universal background checks. reporter: republicans and even some rural state democrats agree. that is a big challenge for president obama. rob and sunny, back to you. all right, thanks a lot, karen. the world s biggest retailer has made a decision about ammunition sales. wal-mart customers may buy only three boxes of ammo a day. because of limited supplies these days.
7-year-olds every single time. and the fact is that that s true of non-gun owners and gun owners. i can t tell you the number of responsible gun owners in connecticut who have come up to me over the course of the last month and said let s get something done, i don t need these kind of weapons or those kind of cartridges in order to enjoy my sport. and i think we re going to find that all across the country, that there s going to be a pretty impressive coalition that wants to get this done. senator blumenthal, when you just talked about honoring the experience of newtown, remembering those images, remembering what has created this political initiative, doing something about this at a time when i think people wouldn t have in advance noted we d be doing a gun control agenda right now, what s the minimum to you in terms of policy that would honor the experience of newtown? what s your single highest priority, or what do you think is the least that we ought to do to responsibly respond t
honor the experience of newtown? what s your single highest priority, or what do you think is the least that we ought to do to responsibly respond to what happened? a ban on the assault weapons and high-capacity magazines is very important. but background checks i think are common ground where everyone can come together, whether it s the background checks on firearms purchases and i believe very, very strongly on ammunition sales right now. you can walk into a walmart, buy a shopping cart full of ammunition without any background check, without answering any questions. even if you re a convicted felon, a fugitive, a domestic abuser, a dangerously mentally ill person. to make our neighborhoods safer we need those background checks. but also mental health initiatives. today i helped to introduce a measure providing, as it s called, first aid mental health assistance for the school boards and local officials. i think we need to emphasize mental health and school security.
priority, or what do you think is the least that we ought to do to responsibly spopd to what happened? a ban on the assault weapons and high-capacity magazines is very important. but background checks i think are common ground where everyone can come together, whether it s the background checks on firearms purchases and i believe very, very strongly on ammunition sales right now. you can walk into a walmart, buy a shopping cart full of ammunition without any background check, without answering any questions. even if you re a convicted felon, a fugitive, a domestic abuser, a dangerously mentally ill person. to make our neighborhoods safer we need those background checks. but also mental health initiatives. today i helped to introduce a measure providing, as it s called, first aid mental health assistance for the school boards and local officials. i think we need to emphasize