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Reading these statements expressing condolence or condemning white nationalism and then he ll go back to the same racist tweets and taunts at his rallies. for my colleagues to expect anything different at this point is preposterous. they need to show some leadership. there s a perfectly good universal background bill that has passed the house that is simply waiting to be taken up in the senate. it would do a lot of good. bans on high-capacity ammunition clips, a ban on assault weapons. it s not going to stop all these shootings but it s going to make them far less lethal and it s going to save lives. is there a give and take on this issue? the president very briefly in his tweet yesterday raised the possibility of trading immigration reform for universal background checks. he didn t follow through on that in his public comments. but is there when you have these discussions, is there something that you can give to the republican side to get action, for instance, on ....
Focus is establishing this new federal commission on school safety, david, to be chaired, as i said, by the education secretary, betsy devos. the it seems, though, that this is going to go on for months and months and months and the president had made very strong statements over the past few weeks, but now with i assume in the face of a lot of criticism from the national rifle association on raising the age limit, for example, on universal background checks, he s backing away. yeah. it shows how he s no better than the other politics. i was respecting trump for showing that he s not like the other politicians and owned by the nra. he wanted to take steps in the right direction and show you shouldn t be able to get a rifle or any weapon if you are below the age of 21, but now that he after meeting with the nra the other day, he s shown he s no better than the rest of them and still afraid. to president trump, i say this, show us you re better than the other politicians and take ....
Want to see the details, but for example, on universal background checks, you would not rule out supporting a measure? i would not rule out anywhere common sense gun reform legislation, without having a chance to review it. i would have to review it and make a recommendation based on the circumstances. between 1977 and 2015, there s been hundreds of violence against abortion providers, reproduction health care, senators, including 11 murders, 77 attempted murders. 184 bombings, arsons and so forth. in 1998, attorney general janet ....
I was going up and down from one senate building to another, meeting with all of your colleagues. so i m really not up to speed on it, so i can t responsibly answer that question. let me switch to a different topic. you ve mentioned the scourge of gun violence in this country. would you support common sense measures to stop gun violence? as you know, i have championed a number of them, along with others on this committee, and in the senate. including universal background checks. would you support that kind of measure? well, i would want to take a look at any specific legislative proposal. and get back to you once i had evaluated any specific piece of legislation. but i do support efforts to deal with gun violence aggressively and effectively. and i think my record both as a line prosecutor and in the leadership of the department is consistent with that. in principle, you would support such measures. you would want to see the details. but, for example, on universal ....
Debated on both sides, that the nra did not shut down at the start. well, we had a debate and we had a vote, indeed, although it never reached the house, on universal background checks. the reality here is that this is a very complex issue. i m not one of those people who thinks if you flood the zone with firearms, everything will work out, but if you look at the state, for example, like vermont, where there are no gun laws at all, you also see pretty much no crime, pretty much no gun death. then you look at a state like louisiana, which has more lax gun laws and a lot of crime. this is a difficult question. there is, unfortunately, no big, substantial evidence to suggest that what obama is proposing is going to do anything. have you heard one suggestion or proposal you believe would be significant? sure. the one thing i think that we could start with is to make it a crime to avail somebody that you know or have good reason to suspect is mentally ill or wishes others harm of a fi ....