so president biden just released a statement thanking the negotiators and saying, quote, obviously it does not do everything that i think is needed, but it reflects important steps in the right direction and would be the most significant gun legislation to pass in decades. the sooner the legislation is written and comes to his desk, the sooner he can sign it. senators agreed in principle to these measures. first, funding to incentivize states to implement, quote, red flag laws, implementing a 10 state pilot program to mental health on all 50 states, allowing juvenile records to be searched during background checks for those under 21, strengthening the background check system and increasing funding for school security. the outline does not include the renewal of the assault weapons ban or raise the age to purchase a firearm but does boast the support of ten republican senators. you look at them. john cornyn. tom tillis. roy blunt. richard burr. susan collins. lindsey graham, m
flowers representing people who did not survive. i m sad. do not look back. i want to make the world a better place. the former arizona congresswoman leads a grassroots organization. giffords. fight, fight, fight. dedicated to stopping gun violence. the kind that almost took her life during a constituent event in 2011. her mission is simple. save lives, save lives, save lives. i think we have made a lot of progress. robin lloyd is the organizational director. that s what gabby has spent her time doing the last nine or ten years, really trying to draw attention to the issue, use her voice where she can to enact change and we ve seen a lot of that happen. i interviewed you in 2013, just two years after gun violence almost took your life.
of divide. out in the rest of the country, people agree we can and should do something more and it s not at odds with gun ownership. are you staill a gun owner? yes, wild, wild west. people should have guns, just do it safely. yes, yes. activism is only part of giffords life today. yoga twice a way. french horns. band lesson. ride my bike. the gym. yo goyo. a special experience. for you, being an advocate against gun violence, that s every day. yes, yes. yes. there s so much gun violence happening all the time, it s hard to wrap your head around these numbers. and that s why it s so important that we have the 40,000 white
it s not coming from democrats. it s coming from those individuals who worked with the president to not just show, of course, we all know that there was a riot. there was an insurrection. but given the evidence that it was the president who directed this and who was the one who instigated it is most important. we have to leave it there. a lot more that are in the inner circle in the coming weeks in these hearings. thank you all for the great discussion. since she was shot at a constituent event in 2011, gabbie giffords made it her mission to combat gun violence while supporting gun ownership. she is hopeful that this time could be different. stay with us.