more school age 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 cops, more kids than old engin soldiers killed by guns. for igod s sake, how much more carnage will we accept? it is time to do our part, time to act for the children we ve lost. the children we can save. for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry, let s meet the moment, let us finally do something. speaking of doing something, senate debate has gun. and danie daniella diaz will be us, but let s start with jasmine wright. the president is explicitly calling on lawmakers not just do something, but he has meat on the bones, he has specifics. reporter: yeah, the president outlined a wish list of sorts specific spinnings that he wants conditioning to take up. and he started with assault weapons. he called to restaretaught the assault weapons ban and also banning high capacity magazines. and if congres
the president is explicitly calling on lawmakers not just do something, but he has meat on the bones, he has specifics. reporter: yeah, the president outlined a wish list of sorts specific spinnings that he wants conditioning to take up. and he started with assault weapons. he called to restaretaught the assault weapons ban and also banning high capacity magazines. and if congress can t do that, they should at slooes raise the purchasing age from 18 up to 21 and limits the amount of rounds a weapon can hold. he also called on congress to repeal excuse me, to strengthen background checks, to pass safe storage laws and pass red flag laws which he said would keep weapons out of the hands of felons and fugitives. he also called on congress to repeal the immunity that protects gun manufacturers.
the president finished speaking, the nra rejected all proposals. but the president made it clear that he is not necessarily expecting congress to pass everything that he laid out, though he wished they would, but he said that he hopes that at least 10 republicans find it in that you were heart to pass something on this, make some sort of federal progress. and without that, he said that it should really outrage voters enough that they make this their main voting issue come november. assault weapons ban in particular seems more aspirational than realistic, but clearly trying to put a stake in the ground. and democrats say that they are ready to drop some of their demands for gun safety reforms just to get even an incremental deal with republicans. chris murphy of connecticut tells cnn that he is prepared for failure. daniella diaz is live on capitol hill for us. what is the temperature in the room i guess, can congress meet the moment as the president put
more school age 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 cops, more kids than old engin soldiers killed by guns. for igod s sake, how much more carnage will we accept? it is time to do our part, time to act for the children we ve lost. the children we can save. for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry, let s meet the moment, let us finally do something. speaking of doing something, senate debate has gun. and danie daniella diaz will be us, but let s start with jasmine wright.
and also addressing mental health. up to now, the president really avoided giving congress policy prescriptions, letting the talks go on unimpeded. but after the tulsa shooting, the president felt moved to say something, really trying to jump-start the negotiations. now, the president spoke directly to gun owners when he said this, take a listen here. i want to be very clear. this is not about taking away anyone s begins. it is about it is not abouabout ville guying gun owners. we think that we should treat them as an example of how every gun owner should behave. i respect the concerns of lawful gun owners. reporter: and so here we have biden talking directly to gun owners but also talking to republicans. i should note that right after