as i clean his wounds, i can feel pieces of that bullet in his back. shrapnel will be left inside of his body for the rest of his life. all demanding action from congress. lawmakers who continuously allow these mass shootings to continue by not passing stricter gun laws should be voted out. on wednesday, senate negotiators discussed a narrow set of changes. including bolstering states red flag laws and allowing juvenile records to be searched in background checks, but given gop opposition, any deal will not restrict high-powered semiautomatic rifles or require background checks on gun show sales and over the internet. a lot of democrats are concerned this emerging package is simply not going to go far enough. i m sure it won t. listen, i have a goal to really address gun violence at many different levels that i would lick to see achieved. now i have to face the reality of a 50/50 senate, the reality of many republicans who are resistant to any change. gop leaders say the
what has happened over the years, the nra has hesitated on a couple of occasions, after columbine, after sandy hook. by in large, it has doubled down on when it decided to it is not to apologize and or be as aggressive as it ever was. in this call, they also debated whether to call off their gun show sales, part of the annual gathering in denver. denver, ten days after columbine also colorado, of course. they pushed to keep the annual meeting as required by the bylaws. this is when the discussion becomes a shocking. let s listen to leadership, starting with wind left here. here it is everyone. the other problem is, the people you are less likely to get into the member meeting. we made that point earlier. i agree. the fruitcakes are going to
bolster states red flag laws, dealing with mental health issues and the like, and also expanding the background system. even an expansion of the background check system won t go as far as one proposal that s stalled in the after math of the sandy hook massacre in 2013. that bill stalled that would expand background checks to include gun show sales as well as internet sales. i m told they re looking at a narrower version of that proposal. a lot they have to sort out. next week is the decisive week. senators have set that deadline to come up with a deal, other side this effort could very well collapse as they have done so many times before. also, manu. next week, is there going to be a 4th grader from the robb elementary school testifying before congress? reporter: it s going to be emotional, gut wrenching testimony before the house oversight committee. we ll hear from several witnesses, including a 4th grade student at robb elementary school who will be testifying about the horrific
behind what a small group of members are currently discussing and they are not discussing what joe biden just calmed for. they are not discussing a ban on assault weapons. that is not part of the discus discussions here. not talking to go as far on background checks as joe biden wants, in fact, talking about in gun show sales, not fwretd sales and certainly not private transfers. joe biden wants universal background checks. that is not part of the discussion, erin, so there are really uncertain, ultimately, where republicans will come down, ultimately when this deal comes together, if in fact it does come together, but at the moment, erin, the question here is when they come back into town next week, can they get behind something? can republicans ultimately get the 10 republican votes to go get behind a deal here? but joe biden may ultimately get nothing despite his call for a laundry list of asks he just made there. and despite that there are
and that they have needs that aren t being met. and we need to rise to the occasion and meet those needs. reporter: in newtown, 154 rounds were fired in less than 5 minutes, killing 6 and 7-year-olds. bills banning assault weapons and expanding background checks for online and private gun show sales were defeated in the u.s. senate, acknowledged by president biden in a video today. it was so darn frustrating. and it s still frustrating now for you and me and so many others. reporter: today the parents of the accused oxford school shooter appeared in court for a probable cause hearing. they are charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly allowing their 15-year-old son access to the gun he used to kill his classmates they have pleaded not guilty there have been 31 school shootings this year with injuries or deaths, the most in a year newtown s legacy still haunting america anne thompson, nbc news.