joins me on that. and then senator chris murphy, on a big step forward for gun safety. this is the most significant anti gun violence bill that congress has voted on in 30 years. all in starts now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. the story of the january six committee hearing so far has been, well, a lot of things. but a story about human beings facing high stakes, ethical task. very high stakes test. and how they respond to being squeezed, and pressured by the most powerful man on earth. we saw that on stark display yesterday. we saw her testimony from three republicans who hold key positions of power in their home state. those three men, all conservatives, all voted for donald trump, resisted pressure from the ex president and his allies to help overturn the 2020 election. some of the most compelling testimony came from a man name rusty bowers who is this sitting arizona speaker of the house. arizona, of course one of the few state that decided the ele
country is the flow of illegal guns from states with loose background check laws, where criminals can easily buy guns into states like connecticut, that have stricter background checks. there is no federal criminal prohibition on gun trafficking. there is no federal criminal prohibition on straw purchasing. that s when somebody goes in and buys guns for someone that is prohibited from buying guns. that s how a lot of these guns get into illegal traffic. so, for the first time, we now have federal crimes that prosecutors can use, threatened to use, to unwind these trafficking rings. i ve heard a couple experts in the field suggest that that provision may actually be the long run, the most important. because to cut down on the flow of illegal guns into places like connecticut, cities like
what is in there, what does it mean? so, you know, one of the biggest problems in this country is the flow of illegal guns from states with loose background check laws, where criminals can easily buy guns into states like connecticut, that have stricter background checks. there is no federal criminal prohibition on gun trafficking. there is no federal criminal prohibition on straw purchasing. that s when somebody goes in and buys guns for someone that is prohibited from buying guns. that s how a lot of these guns get into illegal traffic. so, for the first time, we now have federal crimes that prosecutors can use, threatened to use, to unwind these trafficking rings. i ve heard a couple experts in the field suggest that that provision may actually be the long run, the most important. because to cut down on the flow of illegal guns into places like connecticut, cities like new york or chicago, you know,