support for action after the mass shootings in el paso and dayton. 89% favor expanding background checks to all gun sales. 76% support red flag laws that allow police to remove guns from those considered to be too dangerous. and 62% support banning the sale of assault weapons. the issue has also galvanized candidates on the presidential campaign trail. what do we teach our children? we can t protect you, so we re going to send you to school and teach you drills about how to hide and shelter in place. it truly feels like this time is different. we ve got to make sure it really turns out to be different, and that means ensuring there s a political penalty that anyone who blocks common sense gun reform supported by a majority of the american people. universal background checks makes sense, it ll save lives. red flag laws will do the same, ending the sale of assault weapons. but what we really need to do is
u.s. house to be a gun sense majority and we passed sweeping gun reform through the u.s. house. we need mitch mcconnell to act on those laws we know will save american lives. this momentum is not going to go away. they either act or there will be hell to pay in 2019 and 2020. and to that point, our commander in chief has been trying to frame this conversation. let me play you a sound bite from how he s been framing this debate about guns. we are working very hard to make sure we keep guns out of hands of insane people and those who are mentally sick and shouldn t have guns. it s not the gun that pulls the trigger, it s the person holding the gun. shannon, what do you make of the way the president is framing that to his base? that is political rally. that is president talking to his base. he s not talking to the country. when he comes out and talks to the country, it s a slightly
at the last minute he crumbled or he lied to the parents from parkland high school. he s not going to do anything. we need to have the background checks and the loophole bills that mitch mcconnell aren t scheduling, they need to be heard. we have a hearing on september 4th to look at issues concerning further background checks, more extensive to look into a ban on high-capacity magazines aren t you coming back early for that particular hearing? you re coming back early from recess. we will be coming back early. it s particularly important in significance. people are dying. and trump can say that the guns don t pull the trigger, people pull the trigger, well, that s just using a line, and he shouldn t be using simple lines to he should be dealing with the issue. the man can t deal with real issues because it s just all
to mental illness reform. and you ve been reading about this a lot lately. we are working very hard to make sure we keep guns out of the hands of insane people and those who are mentally sick and shouldn t have guns. but people have to remember, however, that there is a mental illness problem that has to be dealt with. it s not the gun that pulls the trigger. it s the person holding the gun. one of those rallies is set to get underway soon in el paso, texas, where a gunman killed 22 people during a rampage two weeks ago. cnn s natasha chen is there for us. what kind of crowd will be shaping up there? reporter: we don t know exactly how many people will be showing up. it s going to start in just a couple of hours. i do want to say that this group in particular, el paso strong
bass pro shops and a cabela s, and you know from gun culture. you know your way around mitch mcconnell. what s the least we can expect from washington on guns? i m also in a state that s a half a mile across the river from a country where their boys watch violent video games, where they have mental health issues, where they have all the stuff oh, and by the way, hunting s the number one sport in canada. there are more guns than hockey sticks. are ar-15s a problem? no, because they don t allow this. to be able to have a gun, a certain kind of gun in canada, you have to get you have to have your wife, your girlfriend, and your ex-wife all have to sign a piece of paper saying that you re not a violent person and you can have a gun, you know. i think that canada just does this in a very sane way. they let hunters be hunters, but they don t allow children to be able to take guns into schools.