and he is willing piece by piece, and to take pit on slowly, and you wonder if he starts with the background checks which has the most support in all of the proposals. >> yes. >> and that is the way to start to change the equation. >> well, that is right. and you know, if you look at the history of the national gun control laws, it starts with fits and starts. it started after jfk was murdered an even after that, it took a couple of years. so bloomberg is right to think about it in a piece by piece way. another thing that people are talking about is the mental illness component, and that looks like it would be something of it most people can come to some agreement around, across both sides of the aisle. and you have president obama looking at the executive action to do that. >> and i don't want to be the naysayer here, but i have covered this so closely, and the truth of the matter is that after newtown and post 9/11 is the most emotional of the kun