bill. we vitally need to take these guns off the streets. but here s the political problem. the problem is how you frame the argument, and it s a nuanced argume argument. 90% of the american people support universe background checks, 90% of people say if you can t get on an airplane because the federal government says you re too dangerous, you shouldn t be able to get a gun. but when you talk about confiscating weapons, when you talk about people manndatorily give up those weapons, the support drops. politically he s decided to say, screw it. that s exactly right. and i commend him for it. i think we ve got to just shake this argument up. by the way, the only person this is really relevant to is mitch mcconnell. the american people want an assault weapons ban. one person will decide whether this gets a vote. it s mitch mcconnell. very important, and you ve been on it. congressman israel, thank you.
in mississippi and tennessee, with gun owners, everyone is a proud second amendment supporter and gun owners telling and saying adamantly something had to be done. there were very common sense measures that could be taken like banning high volume magazines, universe background checks and person to person transfer, absolutely ridiculous you can buy and ak or ar with no paper trail in certain states if it s a person to person transfer. the republican party under trump, the establishment leadership, they are out of step with their actual voters on this issue say for the tiny sliver that are the hard core total nra enthusiasts. democrats could write a bill written by gun owners. gun owners support all those steps because legal gun owners have to do all those things. gun owners support background checks and support red flag laws
address. it is an extraordinary time because the president will be speaking about unity. that has been communicated to us by his communications staff. is unity possible in this nation right now? yes. it seems so divided! actually, unity is present in this nation. you know, there was unity about the government shutdown. people disagreed about the wall, but most americans and most members of congress agreed it s wrong to shut down the u.s. government if you can t get your way from the congress. there s unity about actually border security in the congress. we re going to have a reasonable compromise on that. there is unity on national security. there is unity on decency. there is unity on the need to have universe health care for people. there is unity on universe background checks for gun purchases. 90%-plus americans agree on those things. there is unity about getting dark money out of politics. almost every republican i speak to agrees on those things. so, we can build on that if
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