sadly happens after these tragic shootings.- sadly happens after these tragic shootings. some states in america tragic shootings. some states in america can tragic shootings. some states in america can introduce - tragic shootings. some states in america can introduce their own gun controls and some have. has there been any evidence that gun violence has gone down in those states? in those states? absolutely. all the states in those states? absolutely. all the states have - in those states? absolutely. all the states have the - all the states have the ability. there is a little regulation of the federal level in this country, just very weak background check laws and about half the states have passed their own very, very strong gun laws, including california, new york, newjersey and the states, almost without exception, have much lower rates of gun deaths than states with weak gun laws. you can look at our website and we have an analysis at when we look at the laws in each state
to act on gun safety in the wake of the latest string of deadly mass shootings. a frustrated biden made another forceful call for gun reform. listen to this. over the last two decades more school-aged children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than on-duty cops killed by guns. more kids than soldiers killed by guns. for god s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough, enough. while the president outlined a series of proposals, including a ban on assault weapons and tougher background check laws, most, if not all of those reforms, will likely go nowhere in an evenly divided senate. a leading democrat telling cnn
this? i remain incredibly skeptical about this. even on background check laws. perhaps the trigger laws. that doesn t mean the president shouldn t try or give speeches like that. that is what his moral authority is for. that s what the megaphone is for. but even people i talked to at the white house, the president himself, you know, skeptical that anything is different this time. you pose the question this time. you pose the question, too, after newtown, after pick, after a church in south carolina. a supermarket in buffalo. the question comes up, a nightclub in orlando, florida. so john cornyn, the republican senator says this. if the senate can t agree on a legislative response after, it will be embarrassing. if you want progress, that s encouraging. the question is what s on the table. let s listen to a house hearing yesterday. everybody says will this time be different? if you think about the debate in the house, it doesn t seem so. you know what didn t have due
who is sort of the mcconnell deputy in these talks. and these talks are on a parallel tract to the larger group meeting happening later this afternoon around 3:00 we re told. that is a group focusing on a wide range of issues. background check laws of course, also though red flag laws, and then the conversation around school safety. and it is important when you listen to people like senator mitch mcconnell, they are laying out the things that we ve heard from republicans before and the things that they want to see in these negotiations. listen to what he said yesterday in his home state of kentucky. discussing how we might be able to come together to target a problem, which is mental illness and school safety. we ll get back at it. reporter: and so of course lawmakers are on recess on they are meeting virtually. and so they have something hopefully when they come back to town. but what it will be a republicans continue to say mental illness and hardening
violence. the challenge though is there is that mitch mcconnell has already come out and thrown two false flags at gun reform and said what he thinks is real gun reform is to do something about mental health. this is somebody who opposes obamacare and wants it repealed and to do something i don t know did he mention he mentioned hardening schools, the same thing. doors and mental health. they are not going to legislate on anything that has to do with actual firearms. that s a problem. well, let s see, because i would argue that tightening the nation s background check laws and passing red flag laws fits the test that mitch mcconnell put before us because when you tighten our nation s background check laws system you are making sure that both criminals and people with significant histories of mental illness don t get guns. red flag laws are used to stop people whose brains are breaking in some way, shape or form from