gun violence, progress at the federal level is lagging. president trump will meet with members of both parties on gun laws and school safety. a bipartisan group hoping to reach a deal to pave the way on gun-related amendments as early as next week. there is clearly no appetite in the gop-controlled house or senate to pass any significant gun-control legislation. we shouldn t be banning guns for law-abiding citizens. we should be focusing on making sure that citizens who should not get guns in the first place don t get those guns. and that is why we see a big breakdown in the system here. the conversation right now keeping guns out of the hands of people who shouldn t have them. that s what the conversation is. right. that depends on how you view that. the ar-15, should that be told to people 18-years-old? there will not be any movement on that from what is sounds. many democrats support a plan to incentivize state and federal authorities to enter more data
guns. a key gop congressional source tells cnn he doesn t see a path forward for it. the number 3 republican john thune said i don t see it passing. i don t think there are the votes in the senate. i doubt there will be in the house either. and this is house speaker paul ryan. watch this. we shouldn t be banning guns for law abiding citizens. we should be focusing on making sure citizens who should not get the guns in the first place don t get the guns. that is why we see a big break down in the system here. you said you think the president is being influenced now by the nra. so, however do you think presidethe president is going to push this from the nra or do you think it is going to go by the wayside? it s going to go by the wayside, don. nothing is going to happen in washington. and i say that with lament. i truly do. but the tactic of the gun lobby is to delay, delay, delay.
good long while. we shouldn t expect i think that there s anything else going on. let s focus on what s in front of us the possibility or lack thereof anything approaching gun legislation. here s paul ryan on that faint possibility. we shouldn t be banning guns for law-abiding citizens. we should be focusing on making sure that citizens who should not get guns in the first place don t get the guns. that is why we see a breakdown in the system here. there shouldn t be much question about what happens with the republican-controlled house or senate, nothing. maybe something on background checks. the question really is, as we approach 2018, do you think democrats will coalesce around gun rights as a political issue, or is that too hot for the democratic party either? i think it s going to be a main issue, something they will come back to. i don t think it will ever be the top issue.
listen. we shouldn t be banning guns for law-abiding citizens. we should be focusing on making sure that citizens who should not get guns in the first place don t get those guns. that s why we see a big breakdown in the system here. replay the tape. you know, this is so tragic. students are going back to school today. they want some action. but it always goes down to that bottom line that we don t want to take guns away from law-abiding citizens. and that becomes the starting point. right. and you do hear movement in the senate on this background checks bill they ve been working on. until paul ryan starts talking about that bill which the house has passed but they added other stuff to, you don t really see the pathway to any sort of meaningful gun reform happening yet. you know, i think there s certainly an increased appetite for it in the country, you see that in the polling. you don t see a pathway for how it gets through washington yet.
i don t see that passing. i don t think there are you know, the votes in the senate. i doubt there will be in the house either. and this is house speaker paul ryan. watch this. we shouldn t be banning guns for law-abiding citizens. we should focus on making sure that citizens who shouldn t get the guns in the first place don t get them. that s why we see a big breakdown in the system here. you said you think the president is being influenced now by the nra. how far. sure. do you think the president is going to push this without support from the republicans or the nra or do you think it seems like it s going to go by the wayside? it s going by the wayside, don. nothing is happening in washington. and i athat with lament. i truly do. but the tactic of the gun lobby to delay, delay. look what happened after las vegas, the idea of a bump stock, delayed, delayed, delayed. there is not concensus.