legislature. make sure you vote tomorrow. i need one seat to get control of the senate. we can pass common sense gun laws here in virginia. as you know, in virginia we are considered a sore state. we saw last year thousands of guns that were purchased in virginia went to other states and were involved in a crime. we need to shut it down. gun show loopholes need to be stopped. everybody should go through a background check. we need to make sure we get people elected to office who support these goals. common sense. how do you get the gun owner, the guy or woman who believes in the second amendment fully who does do hunting and loads their own shells and takes a real interest in it? how do you get that person to say, you know what? nuts and criminals shouldn t have guns? i think we re there. 85% of americans according to the pew research say we should have background checks. i m a gun owner. i own three guns. i took my two boys hunting last weekend.
campus shooting in oregon. i would imagine we re going to hear that theme again today. reporter: that s right, martin. this is interesting to see bernie sanders really try to align himself a little bit more with the democratic base, in advance of next week s debate. hillary clinton on different issues is doing the same thing. so it was interesting last night in tucson to hear sanders really deviate from his stump speech and to vote a significant amount of time talking about his own evolution on gun control. this is one issue where hillary clinton actually runs to the left of him. he s much more moderate. in front of that crowd last night in tucson, he admitted the that he has been conservative on the issue, but talked about how he wants to sharpen, expand the background checks and really close gun show loopholes, specifically, he mentioned that. here s more of what he said last night in tucson. while, yes, there are disagreements of how we go forward, in terms of gun safety, i thin
is there a point that he s making that it s time to be political and in fact, the administration is now considering strongly something hillary clinton announced which is to take executive action and close some of these gun show loopholes and close some other loopholes and create higher standards for people to be considered dealers who would have to then go along with the background check? you know, i certainly hope that congress, the legislative branch, if he does such a thing, will finally stand up and recognize that there s a reason we have separation of powers and checks and balances and if you sit back and you pretend like you re the peanut gallery, then the other branches are going to be doing things like that. that s not appropriate action. this is thenited states of america. we have a system for making laws
that it s time to be political and in fact, the administration is strongly considering something hillary clinton announced which is to take executive action and close some of these gun show loopholes and close other loopholes and create higher standards for people to be considered dealers who would have to then go along with the background checks? well, you know, i certainly hope that congress, the legislative branch, if he does such a thing, will finally stand up and recognize that there s a reason we have separation of powers and checks and balances. and if you sit back and you pretend like you re the peanut gallery, then the other branches are going to be doing things like that. that s not appropriate action. this is the united states of america. we have a system for making laws and rules. and it does not include a monarch. joining me again, steve
all right let s talk a little bit about politics. hillary clinton has just released her gun plan. if she s elected president of the united states, she would probably need executive action to close the gun show loopholes. to many it looks like she s just politicizing this tragedy. and it is. that s what happens every time there s one of these tragic shootings. the truth is none of these laws they re talking about would have prevented any of these. what i always say to people gun laws are only followed by law abiding people. criminals don t follow the law. that s why they re criminals. we don t know a lot about the latest instance and what was wrong with this individual in particular. but we know there are two things. one is violence is going on because our society is going through some real tumult. and the other is mental illness. again these laws would not have prevented some of the recent shootings. these are not assault rifles, these are handguns. every time there s one of these