legislation in the house for e first time since i think 1994 before meaningful legislation. that s the simple stuff. that s not even going to deal with the matter you and i are discussing. that has broad agreement in america on more rigorous background checks. we can t even get something on broad agreement amongst most people in the country so what should we look for new zealand for inspiration in doing? new zealand showed us they can do in six days what it s taken us six years so far, i have been working on this since the sandy hook school shooting and we ve seen very little action from congress. and that isn t because americans don t support it, it s because there are few lawmakers who are beholden to the gun lobby and it takes a while to release that stranglehold. and we re doing it. we re doing it every single time there s an election. we re doing it through work in our statehouses and boardrooms but the reality is this is a road block put in place by the gun lobby, which is what
this so different than other nations. they invested millions of dollars in this last election and they have been a force to be reckoned with for decades. but that is not the case. their power is waning now and it s up to all americans to get off the sidelines and make this a priority when they go to the polls to vote. what is the difference between the efforts that are put forward by the gun lobby, let s be honest, it s not a gun ownership lobby, it s a lobby of the gun manufacturers, the gun industry. but we have lobbies from the pharmaceutical industry, insurance industry, historically financial industry, tech industry, tobacco industry, why is this so different? we also have something no other country has, which is the second amendment. the nra, their leadership has worked to exploit that to make it into a sort of suicide pact instead of what it s supposed to be, just a regulation for or frame work for making regulations around gun laws. and so that exploitation, and
pennsylvania, former gop presidential candidate in fact, these days he appears as a trump defender and it was on cnn this weekend they said this about the student protesters. it s really all about politics or is it all about keeping our schools safe because it is about keeping our schools safe then we have to have much broader discussion than the discussion that s going on right now. how about kids instead of looking to someone else to solve their problem do something about maybe taking cpr classes. they took action to ask someone to pass a law. they didn t say how do i as an individual deal with this problem. cpr classes. his comments were cheered on by the gun lobby but shunned from many others from parents to students to medical professionals. mr. santorum, cpr doesn t work if all the blood is on the ground. this is a dangerous and wrong message. stoneman douglas shooting survivor david hogg had a chilling response of his own. at the end of the day if you take a bullet from
politics or is it all about keeping our schools safe because it is about keeping our schools safe then we have to have much broader discussion than the discussion that s going on right now. how about kids instead of looking to someone else to solve their problem do something about maybe taking cpr classes. they took action to ask someone to pass a law. they didn t say how do i as an individual deal with this problem. cpr classes. his comments were cheered on by the gun lobby but shunned from many others from parents to students to medical professionals. mr. santorum, cpr doesn t work if all the blood is on the ground. this is a dangerous and wrong message. stoneman douglas shooting survivor david hogg had a chilling response of his own. at the end of the day if you take a bullet from an rr-15 to the head no amount of cpr will
the reason that nothing has gotten done here, the gun lobby has had veto power over any legislation that comes before congress. i wish that wasn t the case. if all we end up doing is the stuff that the gun industry supports, this isn t worth it. we re not going to make a difference. i m glad you sat down with the nra. but we will get 60 votes on a bill that looks like the compromise. if you come to congress, if you say we re going to get the background checks done, it will pass. if this meeting ends of with vague notions of future compromise, nothing will happen. we don t want that. we have a unique opportunity to get comprehensive background checks. nobody that is seriously mental ill or on the terrorist watch list. but you have to bring