doesn t sound like that s in your package. we re trying to discover what can get to 60 votes. as senator cornyn said, there s an interest in looking at that age range and ensuring we re not giving anybody a weapon that has a juvenile record. often those juvenile records aren t accessible. we re having a conversation about that specific population, 18 to 21 and making sure only law-abiding citizens are getting weapons. after the pulse shooting in florida, the senate voted on two laws. you voted against both because you thought they didn t go far enough. in retrospect do you wish you voted yes? no, because we had better legislation on the floor at the
the age to purchase a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21. it doesn t sound like that s going to be in the package you re talking about. right now we re trying to discover what can get to 60 votes. i will say this, as senator cornyn has said, there is interest in taking a look at that age range, 18 to 21, and doing what is necessary to make sure that we aren t giving a weapon to anybody that has during their younger years a mental health history, a juvenile record. often those juvenile records aren t accessible when they walk into the gun store, buying as an adult. we re having a conversation about that specific population, 18 to 21, and how to make sure that only the right people, law-abiding citizens, are getting their hands on weapons. in 2016 after the pulse shooting in florida, the senate voted on four gun bills. the two republican proposals would have made minor improvements to the background check system and allowed the government to temporarily block someone on the terrorist
right now people in this country want us to make progress. they just don t want the status quo to continue for another 30 years. is raising the age limit, as these texas conservatives say they want to happen, from 18 to 21, because disproportionately, crimes committed with semi-automatic rifles, i ve seen statistics that show are disproportionately committed by men between 18 to 21. is that on the table? i think we re trying to figure out what can get 60 to 70 votes in the senate. it is true that the reason why 18 to 21-year-olds are banned from buying pistols is at the time, that was seen as the most dangerous weapon that you could buy. today i think we re realizing ar-15s are the most dangerous weapon that an 18 or 21-year-old can buy. we need to find something that has 60 votes. most of the when you look at gun statistics, still most of the gun deaths are suicides and most of the homicides are still committed with handguns, not
anything that compromises people s second amendment rights. we re not going to do anything to compromise the ability of law-abiding americans to buy a weapon. what we re talking about is trying to make sure that dangerous or potentially dangerous individuals don t have their hands on weapons. senator cornyn has also talked about his interest in taking a look at how we access juvenile records for young men, 18 to 21, committing these mass murders to make sure they can t get their hands on a weapon if they have had problems with the law in the past. so, i think there s agreement amongst the negotiators that we re going to take common sense steps that do not compromise second amendment rates. we ll parrot with mental health spending, which makes a difference as well. everything senator cornyn has said is consistent. we re not going to put a piece of legislation on the table that will ban assault weapons or pass comprehensive background checks.
texas, i m sure you know her, and she has introduced a bill that would keep guns out of the hand of 18-year-olds with a violent juvenile record. she said she can t get democrats to come on board with her. let me play for you what she said. violent offenders, violent criminals need to be prevented from purchasing guns. if we actually and that s where we have our conversation, i m ready. i m ready. i will talk to anybody in the room who s willing to have that conversation. how about that congresswoman, are democrats willing to meet republicans in the middle? we ve often done that, and we feel that we re open. she s a fellow texan. let her reach out. excuse me. as a fellow texan. she says this has been languishing. she says this was proposed a year ago, and it s been languishing. alisyn, the way you get cosponsors is you move around the floor of the house, you come