miller. hold on. you just made a jump in logic. cornel, let me ask you about this jump in logic she just made. do you believe the president, that anybody who wants to expand background checks to cover private sales, gun show sales, however small the gun show sales may be, wants automatically every gun to be registered in this country? i don t see the two are equated. it s a conspiracy theory leap and unfortunately, all the people who want guns aren t emily because if they were, we wouldn t have these mass tragedies that we see almost weekly right now. we wouldn t be, you know, in this studio ten minutes away from southeast d.c. where these people are reminded of the ravages of gun violence even us it is against the law. you know what they do? emily, they re not getting their gun from d.c. that s the problem. yes, they are. no, they re not getting their guns from d.c. how do you know? just like people in new york, there is a [ speaking simultaneously ] we know th
that s not according to emily miller. hold on. you just made a jump in logic. cornell, let me ask you about this jump in logic she just made. do you believe the president, that anybody who wants to expand background checks to cover private sales, gun show sales, however small the gun show sales may be, wants automatically every gun to be registered in this country? i don t see the two are equated. it s a conspiracy theory leap and unfortunately, all the people who want guns aren t emily because if they were, we wouldn t have these mass tragedies that we see almost weekly right now. we wouldn t be, you know, in this studio ten minutes away from southeast d.c. where these people are reminded of the ravages of gun violence even though it s against the law in d.c. to bring a gun into your home. it is against the law. you know what they do? emily, they re not getting their gun from d.c. that s the problem. yes, they are. no, they re not getting their guns from d.c. how do yo
he wants to know who owns guns, where they are and everyone who owns them. that s not according to emily miller. hold on. you just made a jump in logic. cornel, let me ask you about this jump in logic she just made. do you believe the president, that anybody who wants to expand background checks to cover private sales, gun show sales, however small the gun show sales may be, wants automatically every gun to be registered in this country? i don t see the two are equated. it s a conspiracy theory leap and unfortunately, all the people who want guns aren t emily because if they were, we wouldn t have these mass tragedies that we see almost weekly right now. we wouldn t be, you know, in this studio ten minutes away from southeast d.c. where these people are reminded of the ravages of gun violence even us it is against the law. you know what they do? emily, they re not getting their gun from d.c. that s the problem. yes, they are. no, they re not getting their guns from d.c.
weapons sold as gun stores. some include gun show sales for most weapons. the majority do not. a loophole some lawmakers hope to close. background checks for all firearm sales, not just by licensed dealers, but also at gun shows, private sales. reporter: but the system remains gross lee incomplete according to a federal audit last year missing millions of court record identifying the mentally ill and drug users, which explains while 21 states, including california do their own more thorough checks and require waiting period from three days to six months to get a gun or gun permit. 29 states rely solely on the f.b.i. is it hard for a person with a criminal record to get a gun? no. reporter: not that any of this matters to those who don t follow the law. where do crime guns come from? pretty much the streets. the streets. the streets. i d say 95% off the streets, the crime guns. reporter: they buy off the
angeles. hi, william. reporter: a cornerstone of that system to stop the bad guys from getting guns starts with this form that you fill out when you want to buy a gun. are you mentally ill, do you use marijuana or any depressant? if you lie, there s a huge fbi database that s supposed to stop that sale, but even the federal government admits it s full of holes and few lie years are ever punished. it is the first line of defense against gun crime, the background check. this is to make sure that you don t have anything prohibiting in your past that would keep you from owning a firearm. reporter: felons, fugitives, domestic abusives, drug users, illegal aliens, among others, cannot buy a gun. they re going to take ten days and put you through a background check. reporter: currently, all states require fbi background checks on weapons sold at gun stores against a criminal database. some states include gun show sales for most weapons, but a majority do not, a loophole some