and the mentally ill and you get recalled. and the thing they said while you re getting half the gun purchases already, why do we have to wait around, crooks aren t stupid and finally my son was 11 and he said dad, get the facts, make a decision, check next, your life isn t so hard. so i went back and in the previous year and i still memorized the statistics. 38 people convicted of homicide tried to buy a gun and we stopped them. 133 people convicted of sexual assault tried to buy a gun. 1300 people convicted of felony assault, where somebody usually goes to the hospital so without question and you stopped them. we stopped them so universal background checks do work and rural colorado, rural america does believe there them, want them. somehow the political dynamic hasn t caught up the political dynamic hasn t caught up to the sentiment of the people. and americans across the board want an assault rifle weapons ban. they do.