slaughter like this and we thought that the silence from the gun lobby and the nra meant that they were contemplating how far they were willing to go to compromise. the nra didn t say anything which has been their practice after almost every mass shooting in the modern era. for four days after the killings in new tourn it had nothing to say, nothing on the website, facebook or on twitter. the white house saying that president obama is supporting new legislation banning assault weapons, closing the gun show loophole for buying guns an enbeen on high capacity ammunition clips. they announced a press conference. for the first time the national rifle association is responding to the newtown attack. it was our assumption that we were up against a very big fight, so had to be able to rally our people. like all americans, we have been discussing all of the
previously about guns. what specifically would you like to be seen done? well, listen, we have seen the violent gang members have been committing so much fraud with all the covid money that is being given out by the government, that they re actually using this money to buy tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of firearms that are ending up in the wrong hands. it s time for congress, it s past time for congress to start dealing with the gun show loophole, background checks, having a real straw purchaser law going out after people buying the guns for these crooks. and we need to start having people that use firearms that hurt others go to prison. they re not afraid of death, but they are afraid of going to prison. they ve got to be held accountable and the justice needs to be swift, not taking three to five years to get their cases through the court system. last well, this week, a
who are intimidated by donald trump, who are becoming a more and more frightened authoritarian party and have the courage to stand up to the nra and other gun lobby organizations. we do appoint, as i understand what you re saying and there is a growing consensus and not radical that people who have criminal backgrounds and people who have histories of violence should not own guns and we need thorough any strong gun background checks. we need to do away with the so-called gun show loophole and the strong man provision. there are things that the overwhelming majority of the american people including gun owners agree with. the question is whether the republicans in the congress have the courage to support those positions. and before i let you go, senator, i do want to ask you about from the hill team on the cap and local state tax deductions and you ll have to go through your committee. would you support that? what i would support is the
put forward with joe manchin, two of them both big nra guys, a measure to close the so-called gun show loophole, requiring that private sellers also have to do background checks at gun shows and the like. toomey told me a few months ago that he thinks a very narrow version of that could pass and a democratic senate could get ten republican votes. but they haven t brought it up, right? democrats want to bring up a big expansive package that can t get 60 votes. listen, i m skeptical of even what toomey was telling you about getting something through this congress with not ten republicans? i don t think so. i mean, i think we have an issue with guns and with republicans not really wanting to be bipartisan. there s really no reason of history of bipartisanship of guns. i think the most important issue