that all of the private sales, gun show sales which currently do not go through the background check system, that every sale of a firearm go through a background check. the second part is to fix the broken system, to be sure all of the information is inputted into the system so that it s accurate so people that are criminals and people with mental i llness can t purchase one. the first thing is to be sure all gun sales are subjected to a background check. and be sure that that system is comprehensive is that all the information is reported certainly for people who have been ajute kated mentally ill. and hwe have to figure out how o collect information for people who have serious mental illness who may not have been
that last point that you mentioned would have been what would have been applicable here. a court had not declared alexis mentally unfit. but he showed signs of mental illness. the navy yard shooting hardly seemed to move the needle at all in the gun control debate in washington. even senator joe manchin who authored a gun control bill after the newtown shooting said he would not introduce it. a lot of people thought newtown would be the final straw because children were slaughtered. but if that didn t move the needle, what will? it is incredibly frustrating when you think we have another mass shooting with innocent lives taken. what will it take to force congress to take some action? you can have strong disagreements about the second amendment. but i hope everyone agrees that criminals and people that are seriously mentally ill should not be able to buy a firearm. if we can focus on that part of the system, we can protect
for political purposes or outright manipulating them into taking a stand on a vital constitutional right? well, constitution, first of all, i disagree with him entirely the constitution doesn t say that the government doesn t have a right to check and keep guns from being in the hands of certain individuals. it says you have a right to them but it doesn t say the criminals have a right to them, insane people have a right to them. so there are certain provisions in the law that they re talking about i think just make absolute sense. my colleagues who vote against those provisions i think are making a terrible tragic mistake and are end abouting to the pressure of the nra. i m a conservative. i believe a person should have a right to own a weapon but i also think there can and should be background checks. gregg: all right. the newtown killer was mentally ill. yes. gregg: so too in tucson, in aurora, colorado, the other mass killings and many, many others and yet most of the legislati