on meet press, they said it s time to make the issue of gun control top priority. i can tell you that he s going to have a bill to lead on, because as a first day bill, i m going to introduce in the senate and the same bill will be introduced in the house, a bill to ban assault weapons, the ban transfer, the possession, not retro actively but perspectively. and big clips, drums and strips of more than ten bullet. reporter: it s time for the president, i think, to stand up and lead and tell this country what we should do. not go to congress and say, what you guys want to do. this should be his number one agenda, he s the president of the united states, and if he does nothing during his second term something like 48,000 americans will be killed with
the house. a bill to ban assault weapons. it will ban the sale, the transfer, the importation, and the possession. not retro actively, but perspectively. and it will ban the same for big clips, drums or strips of more than 10 bullets. so there will be a bill. we ve been working on it now for a year. we ve tried to take my bill from 1994 to 2004 and perfect it. we believe we have. we exempt over 900 specific weapons that will not be fall under the bill. but the purpose of this bill is to get just what mayor bloomberg said, weapons of war, off the streets of our city. what makes you think it can pass? we ve had tragedies before, and nothing happens. well, i ll tell you what happened back in 93 when i told joe biden who was chairman of the judiciary committee that i was going to move this as an amendment on the crime bill. he laughed at me.
california senator dianne feinstein said she will introduce a bill to reintroduce the assault weapons ban. ban the sale, and the importation and perspectively. it will ban the same for big clips, runs or strips of more than ten bullets. i think america is ready. they will have an opportunity with this bill. will the president speak out in favor? i believe he will. after the new york times reported that the justice department drew up guidelines for expanded background systems to keep guns out of the hand of the mentally ill. carolyn mak carthy s husband was killed and promised she will embarrass the white house on gun control if she has to release the letter to the president calling for him to take immediate action to improve the
that. he will have a bill to lead on because i m going to introduce the bill in the senate and the same bill will be introduced in the house. a bill to ban assault weapons. it will ban the sale, the transfer, the importation, and the possession. not retro actively, but perspectively. and it will ban the same for big clips, drums or strips of more than 10 bullets. so there will be a bill. we ve been working on it now for a year. we ve tried to take my bill from 1994 to 2004 and perfect it. we believe we have. we exempt over 900 specific weapons that will not be fall under the bill. but the purpose of this bill is to get just what mayor bloomberg said, weapons of war, off the streets of our city. what makes you think it can pass? we ve had tragedies before, and nothing happens. well, i ll tell you what happened back in 93 when i told
the possession, not retroactively, but perspectively and ban the same for big clips, drums or strips of more than ten bullets. i think america is ready. they re going to have an opportunity with this bill. will the president speak out on it in favor, do you believe? i believe he will. let s bring in the plitd call panel. nia-malika henderson and keith boykin. let s play what jay carney said in the last hour. no single piece of legislation, no single action will fully address the problem. so, i don t have a specific agenda to announce to you today. keith, you re a democrat. there are people within your party pressuring the president. dianne feinstein on the phone today.