Then at 9 00, syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin talks about her new book open Borders Incorporated who is funding americas destruction. [video clip] politicians offering thoughts and prayers does not cut it anymore. It is put up or shut up. Host Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer of new york on the floor last night calling on the majority leader to allow votes on preventing gun violence. The remarks came at the end of five hours of speeches by democrats demanding action on Gun Legislation. We will spend the first hour of todays washington journal getting your thoughts on ways to reduce gun violence in the United States. If you live in the eastern, central part of the country, 2027488000. Mountain, pacific area, 2027488001. If you are a gun owner, your line, 2027488002. You can also text us now if you put your name and city in the text at 2027488003. Also go to twitter at cspanwj everybody. Com cspan we will get your ideas on ways to reduce gun violence in a minute. Is a staff writer for roll call newspaper. Lets begin with the timing of last nights marathon speeches by democrats read how . Guest the effort was organized by chris murphy from connecticut who many people might recognize as a strong voice on the gun control issue, especially since hook,12 shooting in sandy which was in his home state that spurred his interest in the issue. He put together the list of people who spoke last night and patonse, basically and rightso now, senators are in a waiting game. Mitch mcconnell has said he would not put anything on the floor that the president has not. Aid he would sign that means right now everyone is waiting and as part of waiting, these democrats last night decided they needed to raise the issue on a louder scale and speak about the impact of gun violence on their communities, fears their communities are experiencing and also proposing solutions. They were talking about potential legislative fixes. Host what do the Democratic Senators, which piece of legislation do they want majority leader mcconnell to bring to the floor . Differentre are a few variations. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer spoke with trump over the weekend along with nancy pelosi and urged the president to approve a deal that includes the housepassed universal background checks legislation which would extend background checks to private firearm sales and give the fbi more time to do background checks on gun purchasers. Trump has said he would veto those if they passed through the senate and came to his desk. That is why there is this other group doing negotiating that includes chris murphy, joe manchin, and pat toomey of. Ennsylvania to see where they can get progress in their mind from the white house. I think they need to see background checks as part of a deal, but they are also willing to negotiate further to get something accomplished, even if it is not everything democrats would want. Barr was onday bill capitol hill talking to republicans. Do you know what he heard from them about what rankandfile could support if a bill is allowed to come to the senate floor . Guest what i heard about last nights meetings with bill barr was that everyone is still talking. No one has at least put their foot down and ended negotiations so for some on capitol hill, that is seen as progress. Last night he specifically visited at least two republicans, ted cruz and josh holly of texas and missouri. He is expected back on capitol hill today and later this week to have more conversations. Senate judiciary chairman Lindsey Graham said barr still of not have a clear answer where trump stands on background checks. They are basically work shopping ideas to bring to the president to see how he feels about them because there is anxiety among republicans in congress to pass anything that the president might not like because of his repeated strategy of hitting hard on republicans who do not walk the party line. A party line is what the. Resident wants if the president doesnt like it, they could feel the political heat. Host what do we know that the president will accept and when might we hear his proposal . Those two things are very much up in the air right now. Last week, chris murphy, to me, toomey, and mansion thought they would hear a 24,osal from trump within 48 hours. We have gotten only glimpses of gun trump would accept as control legislation and he has been variable. He moved his position. Immediately after shooting, he will come out in favor of background checks and all these things democrats support and then we see him walk that back and retreat a little bit usually after consultation with the nra and republicans in congress. That is part of the hold right now, that no one on capitol hill knows what trump will accept. Ist katherine tullymcmanus following all of this. You can follow her reporting if you go to rollcall. Com. While washington negotiates, it is your turn to tell lawmakers and decisionmakers your ideas for reducing gun violence. We will go to mark in new york, go ahead. Caller the best way to combat gun violence is to reinstitute the death penalty. Even the most confused, disturbed person will understand if you takes another persons life, your own life will be taken this is a huge, easy step to take. We need to ease restrictions for concealed carry. Hundreds of people are defending themselves using their own firearms. If you use background checks i dont trust the fbi to take their time to look into every single persons background. I dont trust the fbi due to what james comey and his staff has done to their investigation team. Host wayne in charleston south carolina. Caller good morning. I am personally for following which haslian method, a lot of moving parts. For this discussion, i will go this way. If i were king for a day and i caught you with an illegal orpon, it is a stolen weapon ial numbers are missing a problem with lawabiding citizens at all. Further, one more thing, yes, i highcapacity weapons. The ar15, anything that can carry a clip of 40, 50 rounds, those are combat weapons and not needed for protection at home unless you are a person that i dont know how do you make 100 people mad at you at one time, i dont know. The biggest thing to me, this is a breakdown of Law Enforcement and justice and we are seeing that not only with guns, but in the Political Class and wall street. It is time for the Law Enforcement people to step up. Lets use our prisons for what they are good for and start protecting the American People. Host have you evolved on the part oft of your last your comments banning assault weapons . Military. Am ex having owned one, they are a lot of fun when you dont have to ofoad one i get the fun it. After looking at it and after sandy hook and seeing people downdown in mass mowed in mass weather it is dynamite, hand grenades, any of this other method you cannot get this is another class of. Eapons you should not have these idiots and criminals cannot be trusted to do the right thing. Go one step further like bloomberg in new york. If it comes down to stop and frisk. I am tired of seeing everybody else getting mowed down because these people will a classification of weapons. Caller good morning. I am really now believing that the discussion now in the United States politicians might produce some results. Might save a lot of lives, but even if you save one persons life we should take it. Lets talk about it and do something for america because we cannot go on like that. Host you are encouraged by thee negotiations, seeing attorney general on capitol hill yesterday talking to republicans about what they can support. You are encouraged by this . Caller such an interest in beginning. Is is the i believe something is going to. E done we can check people, see about their Health Records to see if they have any problem. Banning is not real, but we can screen people. Is anfrank thorpe, who nbc producer noted the presence of the attorney general along with the white house legislative director on capitol hill yesterday meeting with senators to see weather or not there is a path forward on the legislation package in relation to nasa gun violence. The president asked us to engage with the hill. We have been doing that consistently and repeatedly for weeks, said the attorney general. The hill newspaper noted the attorney general and the white house legislative director met with senator ted cruz as we heard from katherine llymcmanus as well. Here is a quote from senator cruz, the president asked us to engage the hill. This is from the attorney general. Both sides of the capital as we work through Public Policy challenges to see weather or not there is a path forward on this. Egislative package we will see what comes out of that. Mitch mcconnell talking to reporters earlier this week said we are in a Holding Pattern until the president says what he will support. [video clip] i think it is no surprise to all of you that how you feel about various gun related issues depends on what part of the country you are from and there are very different views in Rural America and smalltown america from what you would find in big cities and suburbs. Those differences that have been perfectly apparent within the Republican Congress and the house and senate over the years are not new and that is why i have said repeatedly that we need some guidance from the president about what kind of proposal that would make a difference that he would actually sign into law. Multiple,iven the horrendous shootings in august, we owe it to the American People to act and to act means to pass the senate, past the house and be signed into law by the president. President has already indicated he would veto the bill that came over from the house that the speaker and the Democratic Senate leader called him about. That is obviously not about getting an outcome. I still await guidance from the white house as to what he thinks he is comfortable signing and if and when that happens, we will have the real possibility of hopefully law and making some progress. Host Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell on where republicans stand right now as negotiations continue in washington about Gun Legislation and weather or not a bipartisan package a deal can be reached between the two sides. We are getting your ideas for releasing gun violence. Bob says stop the revolving door of people who use guns to commit crimes. Mandatory prison sentences for repeat offenders and robert in mississippi, gun violence result from video games young people play, why isnt this source addressed . Here is another, somehow we have to get rid of hate, guns will always be here. 9 11 happened, not one shot fired, background checks are fine, but quit trying to take our guns. Says enforce existing laws. You can text us if you want at 2027488003. Remember to put your first name. Nd city and state francis in alabama, your ideas violence. Ng gun areer when they say guns not the problem, but the people are, i wanted to say i agree h many of the solutions resolutions, possibilities. Mitch mcconnell is disingenuous. He is not a good player. I think we need to look at the people we put in office again and quit letting them stonewall us on many of the issues. Allow my children to go up north those foures wheelers, whatever they would do. I have listened and watched through the years. My brothers have been attacked on the highway as they are going all kind of attacks at these black men. It is the white hate they continue to perpetuate. It is the country you are creating to have all of us miserable, this term account, and all of you arrogant republicans. Ost derek caller good morning. I think that taking away someones ak47 they play with is not going to stop the issue because you can still go ahead and shoot just as many people with a nine millimeter or shotgun. I take more of a liberal point of view on a lot of things, but owning a gun is a right and we need to teach people more tolerance. We have this division in this country that so many people feel they have no way out. They are angry at everybody else and they are going to shoot up a school. Banning guns and more background checks is not going to stop anybody from getting their hands on a gun. Duis. The same thing with. E have harsh laws it is a Mental Health issue and that is how we have to battle it out. Host how do you address the Mental Health issue . Caller part of the background check would be a Mental Health evaluation and having to renew that every two or three or four or five years to show you are knowle of being able to the difference between shooting a person and shooting an animal and that you are mentally capable of owning a firearm because it is something that can kill another person. Red how do you feel about flag laws that give the authorities the legal right to go and confiscate a gun from somebody they feel is mentally ill and should not have one . Or dangerous . Think government intrusion into peoples lives, there is a fine line in that. Who is making the decision that this individual is mentally ill . If they received a report as we have heard from the young lady that happened in oklahoma where there was a report she wanted to go to a school and kill people. Evaluate this person again and prosecute them t the full extent of the law. If it is a Police Officer on the side of the road and someone has got a license to conceal carry and they think i am going to see if this guy is mentally capable i am not a gun comfortable because you are intruding on someones freedom. Host there are state laws that deemed byrts to a judge to be a danger to each other and others. Suicidal thoughts or said just suggest shooting people can usually be extended only after another court hearing. How many states have them . At least 17 states have approved some version of a red state the 2018warning before mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman douglas parkland in florida, only five states had such laws. John in liverpool, new york. Caller how are you doing . Host i think it is i think it is pretty obvious we need to get rid of any gun made for the military. Guys say as far as products that you can purchase and take home with you, they should buy this product. We have heard all the excuses from the people it is Mental Illness, video games, these things arent on these peoples death certificates. The death certificates as they died by a bullet wound. You have to control the gun. Its about gun control, lets get organized in this country. The Second Amendment is not some absolute thing that entitles you to any gun you want. Same as freedom of speech and freedom of religion. These things should definitely be of the Second Amendment should be the most controlled of any of our amendments in this country, it should be very stringently controlled. That is my opinion. Host we had a conversation yesterday, it was Constitution Day and we were talking about how you might amend the constitution and there was an article about getting over the stalemate in our country over guns and one way to do that would be to amend the constitution to make it very clear if you are a hunter or own guns for that type of reason that you have that right to own that gun. In other words, amend the Second Amendment. Would you be in favor of that . Do you think you could see enough of the country supporting that . I really dont think the rest of the country would support an amendment. I think it has to be some law that comes from congress. It seems like it must be a very complicated thing to make an amendment. I think it might be easier to make a law. Host how do you respond to folks who say in response to Mass Shootings and having these guns, when you look at statistics like this, Mass Shootings account for a tiny portion of gun deaths. 2016, thereed in which 71 suicides, of died in Mass Shootings. Caller the keyword you mentioned was mass. You are never going to prevent shootings like two or three or four. You certainly could prevent mass andtings by reducing clips armaments made for the military. The only thing you can really control is Mass Shootings. There should never be anything like a mass shooting, that you can prevent. Gun we will go to steve, a owner in robbinsville, missouri. Your thoughts. Caller thanks for taking my call, greta. Good morning. I kind of stand in the middle of this thing. My first day of boot camp was march 19, 19 79. I think that was the first day of cspan. Host yeah, i think so. Caller i did not really know it until i started looking at my paperwork. They got us in the airport. We dont need these Assault Rifles. I have a semi automatic. 22, but they jam up on you. You dont need anything more than a 10 round clip. All these guys say i am not mine. You hadnd a guy yesterday who said he owns four machinegun. They have speed limits on cars, too. You cannot go 100 Miles Per Hour everywhere you go. Ae red flag laws, that is touchy situation. Who is to say somebody is really going to do something . It is like convicting you before you commit a crime. There are people that got caught with especially drug violations that it has nothing to do with owning a gun. Outdrug war was handing felony charges all over the place. That is a little touchy on that because you are convicting somebody before they even commit a crime. Assault rifles, i dont care if they are semi automatic or not. Your not going to eliminate hate altogether, but at least we can cut down on their firepower. Host we talked with the firearm policy coalitions director about this issue of gun violence. 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