gun deaths are increasing rapidly in the united states. at the same time we have many states have loosened their gun laws and we have 400 million guns in circulation. and we also have a background check system that checks criminal history, but it doesn t check for behaviors that may not rise to the level of criminality like the behaviors that we ve heard described in the colorado and the virginia shootings. with those gunmen, there are there were warning signs but a background check for gun purchases wouldn t cover that. in other countries, employees, co-workers, loved ones would be interviewed. those behaviors would be flagged and a gun would not be given to a prospective gun buyer. that level of background checks in the united states is not a conversation politically that s been palatable but the data does show that gun owner licensing before the point of purchase is really the way to avoid this
could assess whether they needed to pass or try to pass additional legislation. now that they have them i will note though they are prevented by law from making them public. they re only supposed to use them for the legislative purpose. also, as you noted the house is about to change hands. these records will stay with the committee and, boris, it will be interesting to see if they do put forward any kind of legislation connected to the original argument they were making for why they needed these because there s a much bigger umbrella question here, question is what are you hiding? why wouldn t you release these? they may not know what it is they re looking for exactly but there is a big question about why these haven t been released and, again, it is a major loss for the former president. he has been fighting for years, look, boris, the former president has a lot of different legal controversies and case, i covered them closely but most people in america knows he refused to release hi