is there any committee rule that prevents a member of congress from reciting false statements in a committee hearing that are unsupported by the evidence? that are unassumed supported by evidence. or are members of congress entitled to just make things up. the house judiciary committee has been hearing testimony on a bipartisan measure that would require background checks for all gun sales and most gun transfers. you may have to change what sunscreen you use if you visit a major beach town in florida. that is coming up on early start.
the big rallying cry for the nra is enforce the laws on the bus. our gun laws are like swiss cheese. there s three big holes. first a background checks. 60% of gun transfers go to people bho have no background check. the second is that states have to voluntarily provide information to be included in the database that the background check is run against. only 13 states voluntarily comply. the federal government can t make them do it. the third is that only 11 states require the reporting of stolen firearms and stolen firearms are disproportionately used in crime. it didn t happen this this case but in general. these are ways that we can enforce the laws on the books without banning anything just as a starting point. we have to take a quick break. there s new indictments against paul manafort and rick gates.
those are the things he should be doing. you should ban handguns too? they are semi-automatic. what s the difference. mass killings. the big rallying cry for nra is enforce the laws on the book. three big holes. background checks. only required for federally licensed gun dealers. 60% of gun transfers go to people with no background check. the second that states have to voluntarily provide information to be included in nix. the data base that the background check is run against. 13 states comply. the federal government can t make them do it. the third is only eleven states require the reporting of stolen firearms. and stolen firearms are used in crime. it didn t happen in this case. we re talking about the facts of the immediate case.
required. some states require it and some states don t. texas is a state that does not require background check at, you know, in the secondary market basically. they can. they can proactively do it but they don t have to. and about 40% of gun transfers happen through private dealers. so that is another place where this kind of leak can occur, where someone who may not be able to purchase a gun legally can still obtain a weapon if there aren t additional state protections preventing them from doing so. spider marks, i want you to take a listen to something president trump said when talking about this horrific incident. i think that mental health is your problem here. this was a very based on preliminarily reports, a very deranged individual. a lot of problems over a long period of time. we have a lot of mental health problems our country, as do other countries, but this isn t a guns situation.
become a licensed gun dealer and do a background search on me. harris: that was the number one thing he mentioned. correct. congress three times said, no. he s going to write that into the law, and he s going to prosecute people who fail to do it. that is a blatant violation of the separation of powers which basically says under the constitution congress writes the law harris: well, then how is he doing it? the president enforces them. he s going to direct agents of the department of or the bureau of tobacco, alcohol and firearms to find out where gun transfers have occurred, where the person s selling or giving the gun didn t have a gun ladies and gentlemen with which to do so melissa: can i bravely take the other side? it s the most difficult federal license to obtain. it takes over a year to get it. that s how intrusive is the background check on the person seeking the license. harris: interesting. a plethora of information there. and you want to flip it. melissa: well